美聯社和全國民意研究中心要求美國人列舉他們認為美國政府應當在今年處理的5個問題，并且說出他們對政府解決這些問題的能力抱有多大的信心。被提及最多的問題是恐怖主義、醫療衛生、外來移民、教育和失業，其他問題還包括槍支、種族關系和國家安全。

但多達61%的受訪者對政府解決這些問題的能力沒有信心，30%的人抱有一定信心。只有8%的人很有或極度有信心，還有剩下1%不知道或拒絕回答。

這項民調發現，共和黨員和民主黨人都認為，失業和醫療衛生是兩件頭等大事，不過兩黨對其他問題的看法有所區別。共和黨人更傾向于將外交政策視為美國最大的問題之一，而民主黨人則更關注國內議題。

超過三分之二的受訪者至少提到一項經濟議題。兩黨人士（24%）都特別關心失業問題。但在其他重要的經濟問題上，兩黨的關注點存在分歧。貧困（13%）是民主黨人最關心的問題，而共和黨則更加關注是稅收（13%）和財政赤字（12%）。

接近三分之一的人認為醫療衛生是最重要的國內問題，隨后是教育（25%）、氣候變化（18%）和槍支（15%）。此外，提及人數不足10%的國內問題包括收入不平等、種族關系、治安、福利改革和社會保障。約有80%的受訪者至少提到一項國內問題。

恐怖主義（34%）是被提到最多的外交政策問題，緊隨其后的是移民問題（29%）、國家安全（9%）和戰爭（6%）。（財富中文網）

譯者：嚴匡正

審校：任文科

Terrorism, health care, and immigration top the list of concerns that Americans want government to address, a new poll found—and a majority have little to no confidence that the U.S. can actually do anything about them.

The Associated Press and NORC (National Opinion Research Center) asked Americans to cite up to five issues they think the government should address this year, and their confidence in government’s ability to resolve them. The most commonly mentioned were terrorism, health care, immigration, education, and unemployment; others included guns, race relations, and national security.

But a whopping 61% of those polled have little to no confidence in the government’s ability to resolve any of these issues; 30% are moderately confident. Just 8% are very or extremely confident, and the remaining 1% either don’t know or refused to answer.

The poll found Republicans and Democrats agree that unemployment and health care should be two of our top priorities, but the two parties tend to disagree on other issues. Republicans were more likely to mention a foreign policy issue as one of the country’s biggest concerns, while Democrats appeared to be more concerned with domestic issues.

Over two-thirds of poll-takers identified at least one economic issue as one of their top priorities. Unemployment, which was named by both parties equally, was the top concern with 24%. Aside from that, the two parties disagreed on which economy-related issues were most important. Poverty, mentioned by 13%, was a bigger concern among Democrats, while taxes and the budget deficit, which were mentioned by 13% and 12% of those surveyed respectively, were more highly prioritized by Republicans.

Nearly a third of people identified health care as a top domestic issue, followed by education (25%), climate change (18%), and guns (15%). Other domestic issues, identified by less than 10%, included income inequality, race relations, policing matters, welfare reform, and social security. About 80% of all those polled named at least one domestic issue as a top priority.

Terrorism was the most commonly mentioned foreign policy issue with 34%, and immigration followed as a close second with 29%. National security was a priority for 9% of people, and war was a priority for 6%.