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U.S. NEWS Saturday 11 January 2020
Continued from Front ing more Republicans than
But she does think the coun- Democrats, compared
try is on the right track — with about half heading
"there's less poverty, more into 2019.
people at work." The poll was conducted
Republicans such as Hunt before President Donald
are more likely than Demo- Trump ordered the Jan. 2
crats to express optimism airstrike that killed Iranian
that the way things are go- Revolutionary Guard Gen.
ing in the country will im- Qassem Soleimani. Even
prove, 54% to 11%. They're so, about 3 in 10 Americans
also somewhat more likely named foreign policy con-
to feel that their personal cerns other than immigra-
situation will improve, 50% tion among the top issues
to 33%. facing the nation, including
The poll also finds that few those related to national
Americans are confident security, U.S. involvement
that the government will overseas and specific ad-
make progress this year on versaries, such as China
the issues they care about, and Russia.
with pocketbook and Even some who identi-
health care-related issues fied domestic concerns
topping the country's to-do brought a tinge of foreign
list. affairs to their issues. Jing
Asked to name their top five Zhou, a naturalized citizen
priorities for government from China and an auto
action in 2020, rather than engineer in Rochester Hills,
picking from a list, about 6 Michigan, identified edu- Demonstrators gather in the Senate Hart Office Building on Capitol Hill to call for President Donald
in 10 Americans identified cation as a top priority. "I Trump's removal from office, in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020.
economic issues — includ- want to see my son, who is Associated Press
ing jobs and unemploy- American now, compete
ment, the federal budget better than his counterpart
and trade. Half said health in China," Zhou said.
care. While Democrats and The 45-year-old is con-
Republicans were about as cerned, however, that divi-
likely to want a focus on at sions in the political system
least one economic issue, will prevent progress. "It's
15% of Republicans identi- good to have a difference
fied trade specifically as a of opinion, but opinions are
priority, compared with just too wide apart," Zhou said.
5% of Democrats. Demo- "There's almost no way to
crats were more likely than come to a middle ground."
Republicans to name issues The poll found that the
related to health care. country is about evenly
Hunt sees homelessness split on whether its best
and government limiting days are ahead of it or
its own role as top priorities, behind it. Zhou said there's
but she doubts there will be no question America's role
official progress on either. as the world's lone super-
To fix homelessness, a par- power is diminishing, but
ticularly acute problem in he still believes the future
Southern California, will re- will be bright. In Cincin-
quire more action by both nati, Jud, the customer ser-
the private sector and indi- vice representative, came
viduals, Hunt said. to a similar conclusion. "If
The share of Americans you look at the best days
mentioning issues related of the U.S. being No. 1 on
to immigration declined the world stage, those days
from a year ago. About a are coming to an end," Jud
third now name immigra- said. "But I feel that, overall,
tion-related issues, includ- things will be better."q