Different Priorities As we approached themidterm

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Different Priorities As we approached themidterm elections, in the summer of 2010, Democratsand Republicans were split about our nations top priorities.13 A sample of n 900 registered voterswere asked the following question: Which ONE ofthe following items do you think is most important forthe federal government to be working on right now?The list of options is shown in the table below.Options were rotated to reduce bias, and voters wereallowed to indicate All, None, or Unsure.All Democrats Republicans Independents(%) (%) (%) (%)Economy 47 55 37 48and JobsDeficit, 15 8 22 16SpendingTerrorism, 8 6 10 10SecurityIraq and 7 9 5 4AfghanistanImmigration 5 3 7 6All (vol.) 16 18 16 13None/Other (vol.) 1 - 1 2Unsure 1 - 1 -Suppose that there were 400 Democrats, 350 Republicans,and 150 Independents in the sample. Use a largesampleestimation procedure to compare the proportionsof Republicans and Democrats who mentionedthe economy and jobs as the most important item forthe federal government to work on. Compare the proportionsof Republicans and Independents who mentioneddeficit spending as the most important item.Explain your conclusions.