In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and facing the highest inflation in years, economic issues are topping the public’s agenda for the federal government in the coming year. Inflation continues to be a major concern going into the new year, but fewer mention gas prices as a top issue compared to June 2022. Most Americans do not expect things to get better in the upcoming year.
To explore the public’s agenda for 2023, The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research conducted a poll in December 2022, in which respondents provided up to five volunteered issues that they believe should be priorities for the federal government in 2023.
Immigration remains a major priority and climate change is mentioned more frequently as a priority than it was in June. Mentions of education have remained basically unchanged over the last several years. Crime and violence are another high-ranking priority area, though gun issues are not mentioned as often. CONTINUED
AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
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