Economy Tops Health Care at Top Domestic Concern

The latest Gallup Poll shows that the economy has pulled ahead of health care as the chief domestic issue for the American people when it comes to how they'll vote next year.

Iraq is still number one, of course, with 36 percent citing it as their main worry. But the sub-prime mortgage meltdown and the slowing economy are having an impact. Fully 16 percent of those polled now say the economy will determine how they will vote, just ahead of health care at 15 percent. A month ago, health care outpolled the economy by three percentage points as a driver of votes (18 percent versus 15 percent). Immigration, the other high profile domestic issue, gets noted by just 10 percent of respondents.