By far, war in Iraq tops list of issues concerning voters

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By far, war in Iraq tops list of issues concerning voters

By PAUL HARASIM


It has cost nearly 4,000 American lives, about $2 million a week to wage and is the media's lead story more often than not.

The war in Iraq is hard to ignore.

That the Middle East conflict weighs heavily on the minds of Nevadans was affirmed yet again by a new Review-Journal poll which found the war is the key interest of voters as they evaluate their presidential candidates.

The 4-year-old military engagement is the most important issue by a nearly 2-1 margin over each of the next three top matters of concern: health care, national security/terrorism and immigration.

Brad Coker, managing partner of Washington, D.C.-based Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc., isn't surprised that 25 percent of Nevada's voters named the war as their top issue.

"It's been the big issue in every poll over the last four years," Coker said. "There is much at stake."

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