What public policy issue was the most important factor in winning the Presidential election?

State of the Economy as the Dominant Issue in Presidential Election 2008

Americans had been asked even before the presidential elections of 2008 about issues that may influence their votes . The majority of prospective voters , that is , eighty-seven percent of those that had participated in the research , had indicated that the current state of the U .S . economy would definitely influence their votes . The second most important issue happened to be energy , backed by seventy-seven percent of the research participants ( More Americans Question Religion 's Role In Politics . Unsurprisingly , President-elect Obama

had indicated before the elections that his Number One priority in the office of president of the United States would be to build a new alternative-energy economy ' combining the two dominant issues in the minds of the prospective voters (Klein

Once it was determined that Barack Obama would , indeed , assume the role of U .S . president , that is , a manager of the prosperity of the nation , voters in the presidential election 2008 were asked about the dominant issue to have influenced their votes . The response was not quite different . The current state of the U .S . economy was declared the most important issue to have influenced American votes for the new president . In fact , at least six out of ten voters participating in the research reported that the economic recession of 2008 is the most significant problem facing America today ( Inside Obama 's Sweeping Victory . To put it another way , President-elect Obama was seen as most capable of handling...