Gallup polls Americans on employment, quality of life

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    NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in American opinion. Up first are jobs and quality of life.
     
    Poll respondents say Delaware fares much better than Pennsylvania and New Jersey regarding finding work. Half of those polled say they are better off than they were eight years ago.
     
    But people are angry about the government, and that is one of the most important issues of this year’s presidential campaign.
     
    Beyond that, the biggest priorities for the candidates to be talking about are a series of basic, traditional core issues: terrorism/national security, the economy, health care (including what to do about the the Affordable Care Act), jobs, and education.
     

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