1. Survey of 1,509 adults nationally conducted by Hart/McInturff on behalf of NBC News/ Wall Street Journal , 1–5 November 2007 (margin of error, ± 2.5 percent). “Let me read you several issues. Please tell me the one or two, if any, where you feel America is most in need of a new direction and a new approach.” Responses: health care, 39 percent; Iraq, 35 percent; immigration, 29 percent; foreign policy in places other than Iraq, 22 percent; family values issues, 20 percent; global warming, 13 percent; trade, 10 percent; other (volunteered), 1 percent; none of these, zero; and not sure, 1 percent.
2. Survey of 1,007 adults nationally, conducted by Hart/McInturff on behalf of NBC News/ Wall Street Journal , 17–20 January 2007 (margin of error, ± 3.1 percent). “Which ONE of the following elements of the economy, if any, causes you the most concern?” Responses: the cost of health care, 33 percent; jobs going overseas, 24 percent; the federal budget deficit, 13 percent; lack of good-paying jobs, 12 percent; the cost of higher education, 7 percent; the cost of housing, 6 percent; none of these cause concern, 2 percent; other (volunteered), 1 percent; and not sure, 2 percent.
3. Survey of 1,509 adults nationally, conducted by Hart/McInturff on behalf of NBC News/ Wall Street Journal , 1–5 November 2007 (margin of error, ± 2.5 percent). “Let me read you several things that people worry about in their own lives. Please tell me the one or two, if any, that you worry about in your own life. Well, if you had to choose just two, which would you choose?” Responses: access to affordable health care, 41 percent; quality of education, 26 percent; saving enough for retirement, 25 percent; the cost of gasoline, 24 percent; crime and violence, 19 percent; job security, 15 percent; the cost of housing and mortgages, 15 percent; other (volunteered), 1 percent; none of these, 4 percent; and not sure, zero.
4. Illness And Injury As Contributors To Bankruptcy
5. Survey of 1,007 adults nationally, conducted by Hart/McInturff on behalf of NBC News/ Wall Street Journal , 17–20 January 2007 (margin of error, ± 3.1 percent), compared to similarly conducted survey, March 1993. “Please tell me whether you agree or disagree with the following statement. I would be willing to pay higher taxes so that everyone can have health insurance.”