Pew research put out a great infographic about the issues Americans care about. You can view the graphic here if you have issues seeing it below.
It's fascinating because as you look at the various items on the list you can see where the PR battles have been won and lost.
The economy? Despite Obama saying things have been getting better for the past five years, it's stayed smack dab at the top of Americans' concern list. Clearly they are losing the PR battle on this front.
Despite unemployment supposedly now at 6.5 per cent, it remains the #2 concern, yet again clearly losing the PR battle (it should be way down the list if people actually believed the 6.5 per cent figures).
Climate Change is all the way at the very bottom of the list. I mean, that is a PR disaster. Given the amount of PR the government did regarding climate change it's pathetic that people really don't care about it.
The one item that makes you scratch your head though is how people seem so concerned over the economy and unemployment yet their concern over poverty hasn't really changed over the years. You'd think people would connect the two, that poverty is the result of the economy/unemployment. And if they were to connect the two you'd think they'd give them equal standing, yet they don't.
Either way, great graphic to keep in mind when you hear politicians talk... the items higher on the list are the items they will focus on.
It's fascinating because as you look at the various items on the list you can see where the PR battles have been won and lost.
The economy? Despite Obama saying things have been getting better for the past five years, it's stayed smack dab at the top of Americans' concern list. Clearly they are losing the PR battle on this front.
Despite unemployment supposedly now at 6.5 per cent, it remains the #2 concern, yet again clearly losing the PR battle (it should be way down the list if people actually believed the 6.5 per cent figures).
Climate Change is all the way at the very bottom of the list. I mean, that is a PR disaster. Given the amount of PR the government did regarding climate change it's pathetic that people really don't care about it.
The one item that makes you scratch your head though is how people seem so concerned over the economy and unemployment yet their concern over poverty hasn't really changed over the years. You'd think people would connect the two, that poverty is the result of the economy/unemployment. And if they were to connect the two you'd think they'd give them equal standing, yet they don't.
Either way, great graphic to keep in mind when you hear politicians talk... the items higher on the list are the items they will focus on.
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