The 5 top-searched issues by US voters ahead of the 2024 election - Washington Examiner

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.

The issues were chosen with the help of the Associated Press issues tracker.

Here, you can track the importance of these issues over a rolling 30-day period.

Inflation rates have dropped as well as the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.5 points in September- the first cut in four years .

The country’s overall real gross domestic product increased 3% in Q2 of 2024 with the top performing industries being nondurable goods manufacturing and finance and insurance.

Immigration came in last to American voters in a nation that's home to one-fifth of the world's international immigrants.

Border states have seen a decrease in unauthorized border crossings since 2023 .

In December 2023 there were 249,741 encounters at the border, the most ever recorded in a month .

August 2024 only saw 58,038 , proving a 77% decline in border crossings.