As recently as December 2007 more North Carolinians named the War in Iraq as their top issue than anything else, with 30% saying it was their main concern followed by the economy at 28%. By January 2008 the economy had eclipsed it.
Still, the war remained near the top of the heap for much of 2008, still polling at 20% in a poll we released on July 1st. It was down to 15% by September 10th, then all the way to 11% by September 20th after the economy started really going bad, hit single digits for the first time on October 13th, and with our poll this month has now hit a new low at 4%.
It may be time to remove that as a response option and swap out something more generic about foreign policy or terrorism because Iraq clearly just is not at the top of very many voters' minds anymore.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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