What Went Down At The December Democratic Primary Debate
Steyer has set himself apart from fellow billionaire Michael Bloomberg (Bloomberg is not on the stage tonight, but wondering if he’ll get a mention anyway) by calling for a wealth tax. Steyer emphasized that just now but pivoted away from it kind of quickly to tout his own business experience in contrast with Trump’s.
Nate, isn’t it still possible for the primary to turn that way? Or no, as long as the economy is doing well?
In the FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos poll conducted this week, just 2.5 percent of respondents listed taxes as their top issue in the Democratic primary. (See other results from the poll here.)
Which issue matters most to voters?
Share of respondents who named each issue as the most important one in determining who they would vote for, in a FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos poll
| Issue | Share of respondents | |
|---|---|---|
| Health care | 20.4% | |
| Wealth and income inequality | 13.8 | |
| The economy and jobs | 12.4 | |
| Climate change | 10.5 | |
| Something else | 7.7 | |
| Racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and other types of discrimination | 7.6 | |
| Social Security | 5.5 | |
| Gun policy | 5.2 | |
| Education | 4.7 | |
| Immigration | 4.6 | |
| The Supreme Court | 2.8 | |
| Taxes | 2.5 | |
| Foreign affairs | 2.4 |