Climate change, federal budget deficits, income sharing, and racial relations are among the biggest concerns for the mid-2022, according to a new survey of Wisconsin residents, but many of the same respondents said. I feel that the problem is a bigger one at the national level.
The La Follette High School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison sent an eight-page survey to 5,000 residents between July and September 2020. Approximately 1,600 people from all states except Menomony County responded, with a response rate of 33%.
Of all respondents, 39% felt that climate change was a “very big problem” nationwide, 37% said it was the same for the federal budget deficit, and 36% said it was about US income distribution. About 35% mentioned racial relations and health care. It was the biggest problem facing the country.
When asked about the challenges facing Wisconsin, only 27% of respondents cited climate change as a “very big problem,” 25% said the same about health care, and 24% said racial relationships. I did.
“The Wisconsins, all Wisconsins, Democrats, Republicans, and independents, consider public policy issues more problematic than our state across the United States,” a press release from Laforet School of Public Affairs. Said. “This suggests that national lenses on public policy issues such as healthcare, climate change, budget deficits, and government regulation may be more actively involved and more likely to vote. . “
Susan Webb Yacky, a professor of political science and policy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and director of the Laforet School, said the study was aimed at measuring the temperature of residents on policy issues rather than individual candidates. He said he was.
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When the issues were categorized by political parties, only 11% of Republicans felt that climate change was the biggest problem at the state and national levels, but 65% of Democrats felt the same.
Similarly, political divisions were significant when respondents were asked about medical care, racial relations, and federal budget deficits.
Among the independents, 43% felt that the deficit was an extreme problem, and 38% felt that income distribution was similar. 34% of independent respondents also cite healthcare as an extreme issue.
Yacky said there will be fierce races to win votes from the state’s independents as the state heads for the election season.
“You can expect some of the candidates to be talking about those issues, or at least that’s what the candidates should be talking about,” Yackee said. “These are issues that nonpartisan voters in Wisconsin are concerned about.”
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