Percent of Association Executives Rating Each
Public Policy Area as “Very Important”
| Political Leanings | Ideological Learnings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All (executives, member of associations) | Total (1,294) 100% |
Democratic (142) 100% |
Republican (90) 100% |
Neither (1,062) 100% |
Liberal (317) 100% |
Middle (640) 100% |
Conservative (337) 100% |
|
| Education | 19% | 30% | 17% | 18% | 28% | 19% | 10% | |
| Health | 16 | 25 | 13 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 9 | |
| Children and families | 14 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 10 | |
| Civil rights and civil liberties | 12 | 28 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 9 | 7 | |
| Protection of the environment | 10 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 7 | |
| Social services | 9 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 4 | |
| Energy | 6 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 | |
| Consumer rights | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | |
| International trade | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | |
| Social Security | 6 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | |
| Transportation | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |
| Law enforcement | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |
| Foreign policy | 5 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 6 | |
| Housing | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | |
| Changes in government: Federal personnel policy,administrative organization,elections |
5 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | |
| Agriculture | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
| Labor policy | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | |
| Management of the economy | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | |
| Defense | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | |
| Telecommunications policy | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| Immigration | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | |
| Urban policy | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | |
| Corporate governance | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |