Majority of people (91 percent) of people with disabilities believe they receive less attention than other minority groups from the presidential candidates, according to a recent poll conducted by Disaboom, the online community for people with disabilities.
In a follow-up poll to gain an understanding of the key political issues of importance to people with disabilities, respondents identified healthcare, unemployment and community support as the key issues they’d like to see addressed by the candidates in the 2008 election.
Disaboom’s most recent poll asked respondents to identify, from a list of nine political issues, their choice of the top issue facing people with disabilities in this election.
(1) 44 percent of respondents identified healthcare as the top issue facing people with disabilities in this election.
(2) 18 percent identified unemployment rate as the top issue.
(3) 10 percent identified community support as the top issue.
Other issues of importance to people with disabilities identified by poll respondents include housing, accessible transportation, gas prices, the wars in Iraq and Afganistan, education and veterans’ issues.
This announcement follows Disaboom’s recent findings that 57 percent of people with disabilities support Barack Obama and 37 percent of people with disabilities support John McCain in the 2008 presidential election.
For more information about the political issues of interest to people with disabilities, visit Disaboom’s 2008 Election coverage.
Originally posted on September 3, 2008 @ 7:13 am