I find the results of the new WaPo/ABC News poll rather stunning. * When asked, “what’s the single most important issue to you in your choice for the Democratic candidate for president,” the difference between those who claimed to be ‘leaned Democrats’ versus ‘leaned Republicans’ is striking.

Only three percent of respondents who ‘leaned Democrat’ said ‘terrorism/security’ was the most important issue for them when deciding on who to vote for president. Twenty-eight percent replied the war on Iraq was the most important issue, but those two are clearly in two distinct answers in this poll (they don’t get the two are interconnected).

The war in Iraq, the ‘economy/jobs,’ health care, honesty and ’strong leadership’ were more important to those who ‘leaned Democrat.’ But there’s another important distinction to make. Despite the economy chugging like an unstoppable freight train, the poll also indicates respondents don’t believe the U.S. economy is in good shape. Therefore the second highest concern by those who ‘leaned Democrat’ is one that is completely irrational based upon misinformation more than anything else (those who ‘leaned Republican have similar figures for the economy/jobs).

*The same general disclaimer about trusting poll results stays, especially when said poll feels the need to explicitly state there was an “oversample of African-Americans.“