Election 2024: How these five top trending issues rank nationally

Published October 28, 2024 7:00am ET



The Washington Examiner is following key issues that voters care about as the prepare to cast their ballot for the next president of the United States. The specific issues being tracked are Social Security, crime, abortion, the economy, and immigration.

People walk past a Vote sign on the first day of early voting in the general election Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

The issues were chosen with the help of the Associated Press issues tracker. The Washington Examiner subsequently compared five of the key issues in Google Trends on a national scale, revealing which issues are most important to voters across the country. Early voting, which was not considered when this project began because of its failure to rank, has surged to the top of voters’ minds in recent days.

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