# Top 5 political topics Americans care about?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 19, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-political-topics-americans-care-about/828061 "2019-01-19T17:43:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-political-topics-americans-care-about/828061/21 "2019-01-21T04:16:56Z")

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In the US it’s:

1. Abortion
2. Guns
3. Abortion
4. Guns
5. Welfare

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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-political-topics-americans-care-about/828061/22 "2019-01-21T05:02:31Z")

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> [@Mangosteen](#):
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> I always notice that Global Warming, Climate Change, etc. never seems to be high or even appear on these lists even though the UN, Al Gore, IPCC, University professors, Environmentalists and many others have been shouting from the roof tops about this for decades.
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> Why is this?

Because it has almost no immediately or directly felt impact on Americans.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-political-topics-americans-care-about/828061/23 "2019-01-22T01:51:59Z")

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> [@Velocity](#):
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> Because it has almost no immediately or directly felt impact on Americans.

Sure it does. It’s just not so obvious that people can’t choose to ignore the effects.

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**Author:** ![Ancient\_Erudite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ancient\_Erudite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Erudite)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-political-topics-americans-care-about/828061/24 "2019-01-22T23:57:06Z")

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> [@JakeRS](#):
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> If you had to name 5 (or 10 if you want) political topics Americans in general care the most about, what would they be? **Not** topics you personally care about the most, but ones you think decide elections the most.
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> Also, be as precise as possible, instead of generic “foreign affairs” or “economy”, say exactly what, taxes, salaries, pension, social security and so on.

Economy  
Taxes  
Health Care  
National Defense  
Social security and welfare

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