Letter to the editor: The real top issues for voters

The letter “Vote for legislators who listen” (July 12, TribLive) appeared to be an attempt to persuade readers to adopt conclusions set forth by the author.

The observations were “supported” by data presented as factual, but not sourced. I would submit that it either cannot be sourced or it came from a biased provider.

This letter screamed for fact-checking.

We were told that Issue No. 1 for Americans is campaign financing. Apparently 96% of us have night sweats of about this.

Not the economy. No. No. No. Not even a concern for the letter-writer.

Abortion. That’s a biggie. 85% of us, it was stated, “believe” in access to “reproductive freedom.” Really?

Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but not their own facts.

The letter went on to address in a statistically unbelievable way a number of other topics.

So, looking for sanity I learned from the internet that a recent Newsweek poll identified the following key issues in the minds of U.S. voters:

• Economy, 60%

• Health care, 33%

• Immigration, 28%

• Policing and crime, 24%

• Environment, 21%

• Abortion, 21%

Seems about right. In my opinion.

George Beidler

Hempfield