More, It's The Economy, Stupid

According to the preliminary AP exit polls, given four choices, half of MI GOP primary voters "picked the economy as the most important issue facing the nation -- compared to just" 26% in the IA GOP caucuses and 31% in the NH GOP primary. Among the other choices, "one in five picked Iraq, one in seven said immigration and one in 10 called terrorism the country's most important issue."

On a different question, "only three in 10" MI GOP voters "rated the nation's economy excellent or good, compared to half" of GOP primary voters in NH.

Also among MI GOP primary voters, "six in 10 say abortion should be illegal in most or all cases," a "similar number approve of the war in Iraq," and "a little more than half say it should be higher priority for the next president to reduce the budget deficit rather than cut taxes" (AP).