Morals issues low on voters' minds
A new poll conducted to judge American views on education finds that the top concern for most remains foreign affairs and the war, followed by social issues like education and healthcare, next by economic issues, and finally by the types of morals issues that some GOP presidential candidates like Sen. Sam Brownback are basing their campaigns on.
Conducted by Republican David Winston and Democrat Peter Hart, the poll found that when people were asked which issue they were the least concerned with, 36 percent said morals issues, 22 percent said social issues, 19 percent said economic issues, and 15 percent answered foreign affairs.
The polling, to be released tomorrow when the American Council on Education announces its Solutions for Our Future program, aimed at promoting the good works of colleges and universities, provides continued bad news for President Bush. More than half the country, 52 percent, believe the country is on the wrong track, though most Americans, also 52 percent, believe their own states are headed in the right direction.
The Winston-Hart poll is focused on higher education issues and shows that most Americans think investing in schools has a long-term payoff for the country. ACE's Solutions for Our Future is designed to remind people that colleges do more than teach students, especially in areas of long-term research and problem solving.