Survey: Many Arizona voters think candidates are out of touch on most important issues

Arizona voters seem to agree on a number of issues heading into this year’s elections. Among those areas of agreement? Candidates for office are not focused on what’s important to voters.

The Center for the Future of Arizona has released its 2024 Arizona Voters’ Agenda. It found voters’ top issues are immigration and border security, long-term water supplies and education, with inflation and cost of living and housing costs not far behind.

But the survey also asked about broader issues facing the state, and found less than half of respondents say candidates in Arizona are talking about those issues, as well as a majority of Arizona voters want candidates who are willing to compromise and work in a bipartisan manner.

Sybil Francis is the president and CEO of the Center for the Future of Arizona. She spoke with The Show's Mark Brodie more about the results, starting with the broad themes or takeaways that emerged for her from among the four policy areas about which the survey asked Arizonans: housing and homelessness, growth and state spending, education and immigration.