Where do these priorities come from? Leading national polls and surveys of your constituents. Read the research. See what people say needs fixing.

Outside research opens in a new tab. National polling and local input describe different groups; these findings do not endorse PHIERS’ proposed solutions.

• Cost of living, healthcare, housing, energy and jobs: Pew Research Center surveyed 5,062 U.S. adults September 28–October 4, 2026. Food costs concerned 73%, healthcare 69%, housing 66% and energy 74% very much; 48% were very concerned about people unable to find jobs. Original results and methods ↗
• Democracy, education, immigration, foreign policy and community safety: Pew’s registered-voter findings from the same September 28–October 4, 2026 survey found 73% called democracy very important to their vote, 62% education, 59% immigration, 57% foreign policy and 52% violent crime. Government size and scope was 43%; that question is not a direct measure of support for PHIERS’ accountability model. Original results and methods ↗
• Household costs: Reuters/Ipsos surveyed 1,765 U.S. adults October 29–November 2, 2026. Healthcare was the most-selected everyday-expense priority for Congress at 23%; housing 19%, gasoline 18% and food 18%. Original topline and methodology (PDF) ↗

Local constituent input: The Public Trust Survey lets people confirm, refine and add priorities. These voluntary responses are separate from nationally sampled polls. No local results are asserted here.

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