--- title: Terrorism Is Becoming Less Important to Voters, Poll Shows description: Many voters prioritize jobs and the economy canonical: https://time.com/4214433/terrorism-poll-voters-paris-attacks/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-09T20:16:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:55:18.161Z article:section: Politics og:title: Terrorism Is Becoming Less Important to Voters, Poll Shows og:description: Many voters prioritize jobs and the economy og:url: https://time.com/4214433/terrorism-poll-voters-paris-attacks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb00f2196fc516f1c/69887cd3a988ca80b76b683c/vote-election-terrorism-trump-sign.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: New Hampshire: Home To the "First In The Nation" Presidential Primary og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Terrorism Is Becoming Less Important to Voters, Poll Shows twitter:description: Many voters prioritize jobs and the economy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb00f2196fc516f1c/69887cd3a988ca80b76b683c/vote-election-terrorism-trump-sign.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Terrorism Is Becoming Less Important to Voters, Poll Shows by [Josh Clinton , John Lapinski and Marc Trussler / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Josh Clinton , John Lapinski and Marc Trussler / NBC News Feb 9, 2016 8:16 PM UTC  Candidate signs are displayed in front of a middle school serving as a voting station on the day of the New Hampshire Primary on February 9, 2016 in Bow, New Hampshire. Candidate signs are displayed in front of a middle school serving as a voting station on the day of the New Hampshire Primary on February 9, 2016 in Bow, New Hampshire.Spencer Platt—Getty Images by [Josh Clinton , John Lapinski and Marc Trussler / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Josh Clinton , John Lapinski and Marc Trussler / NBC News Feb 9, 2016 8:16 PM UTC In the wake of the deadly attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, terrorism was most important issue to many voters in our December NBC News|SurveyMonkey election polling. Given the importance of economic issues to voters, and with the primary season in full swing, we revisited whether terrorism is still the most important issue to most voters, or whether the importance of the economy has rebounded. The answer depends upon voters’ partisanship. Results from the most recent NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll conducted online from February 1 to February 7 suggest that the importance of terrorism has fallen considerably. 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