High unemployment has tisen to be the top concern for voter,
according to a recent poll.
The United States has strugged to remedy its high joblessness
rate which has stayed at 9.1% over the past two months. After
President Obama's speech to Congress regarding this jobs
creation plan, 39% of Americans said that the unemployment
rate or lack of jobs is the most important problems facing
America.
Obama's speech to Congress urging to pass the $447 billion
American Jobs Act came just after the Department of Labor
released a dsimal reprot on the state of jobs in the country.
No net new jobs were created in August according to the
Department of Labor.
Concerns about the federal budget deficit remains as the
number two issue according to the poll. These two are
highly correlated.
Sheila McKinney
