Poll: Government back on top as nation's leading problem

Twenty-two percent had named immigration as the most important problem in July amid the political furor resulting from the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents who crossed into the country illegally. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in late June to end this practice. Still, 16% of Americans currently consider immigration the nation’s biggest problem. The drop from July to this month occurred slightly more among Republicans (from 35% to 22%) than Democrats (18% to 10%).

In each of the past five monthly polls, immigration and government have been the two most-often-named problems. At least 19% have listed problems with government in every monthly poll this year, and at least 10% have named immigration in six of the eight polls.