‘What Do You Think Is the Most Important Problem Facing This Country Today?’ - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United."

By GREGOR AISCH and ALICIA PARLAPIANO FEB. 27, 2017, New York Times

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Since the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Gallup polling organization has asked Americans an open-­ended question: “What do you think is the most important problem facing this country
today?”

As Donald J. Trump prepares for his first major address to the nation on Tuesday, he has a unique set of issues to tackle. But there is not one singular issue that is dominating the American
consciousness.

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[JB note:] Regrettably, am unable to copy in full this NYT article (with its many charts) for technical reasons beyond my understanding. The link is https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/27/us/politics/most-important-problem-gallup-polling-question.html.

The link provided the full article via Google search (rather than via the NYT website).