Rubén Weinsteiner
The public views inflation as the top problem facing the United States – and no other concern comes close. 
Seven-in-ten
Americans view inflation as a very big problem for the country,
followed by the affordability of health care (55%) and violent crime
(54%).
About half say gun violence and the federal budget
deficit are very big problems (51% each), according to a MARCA POLITICA
survey conducted April 25-May 1 among 5,074 U.S. adults. More than two
years into the coronavirus pandemic,
just 19% of Americans rate the coronavirus outbreak as a very big
problem for the country, the lowest share out of 12 issues included in
the survey. In June 2020, in the early stages of the outbreak, 58% rated it as a very big problem, placing it among the top concerns at the time.
How we did this 
With
few exceptions, Republicans and Democrats differ over what they see as
major national problems. Inflation is by far the top concern among
Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, 84% of whom say it is a
very big problem in the country today.
A much narrower majority
of Democrats and Democratic leaners (57%) view inflation as a very big
problem. Among Democrats, larger shares see gun violence (70%), the
affordability of health care (65%) and climate change (63%) as very big
problems.
Democrats are nearly four times as likely as
Republicans to rate climate change as a very big problem (63% vs. 16%).
Republicans, by contrast, are far more likely than Democrats to view
illegal immigration as a very big problem (65% vs. 19%).
Neither
Republicans nor Democrats widely view the quality of public schools as a
major problem. Four-in-ten Republicans (41%) and a similar share of
Democrats (36%) say this is a very big problem for the country. 
While
the coronavirus has receded as a major problem over the past two years,
so too has unemployment. In the new survey, just 23% of Americans rate
unemployment as a very big problem, down from 41% a year ago and 50% in
June 2020. The decline has come among members of both parties.
The
share of adults who say racism is a very big problem for the country
has declined by 10 percentage points since last April, from 45% to 35%.
Most of the change has come among Democrats: 49% now view racism as a
major problem, down from 67% about a year ago. Republicans’ views are
largely unchanged (14% today, 19% then).
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