Poll: What’s the most important issue for Missouri?

Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 12:00 AM

ST. LOUIS — A new poll asks voters a range of questions, including what issues they believe are the most important facing Missouri in the upcoming election. Emerson College Polling, The Hill, and Nexstar Missouri conducted it with 1,000 registered Missouri voters.

In the poll, voters said that the economy (34.3%) was the most important issue that Missouri faced, followed by abortion access (12.3%) and immigration (10.3%).

The full poll results reveal the following trends:

The Economy: 34.3%
Abortion access: 12.3%
Immigration: 10.3%
Healthcare: 9.4%
Crime: 9.3%
Education: 7.3%
Housing affordability: 6.7%
Something else: 5.6%
Threats to democracy: 4.2%

The full article is available at ozarksfirst.com.

(Story by Nick Gladney, Joe Millitzer, found at ozarksfirst.com)

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