League of Women Voters of Connecticut

In December, the New Haven Register introduced the  “Citizens Agenda,” a voter-focused election project.

The Register, along with its sister papers the Middletown Press, Register Citizen in Torrington and Litchfield County Times, has been polling readers about the issues that matter most to them, to ensure that candidates in Senate and congressional races address them during the 2012 election cycle. 

The League of Women Voters of Connecticut sent a representative, Jean Rabinow, to the Register's first public forum at the New Haven Free Public Library, held Jan. 25.

Poll respondents have identified the economy as the most important issue to date, followed by the unemployment rate, taxation, national debt, health care and financial industry/banking reform. 

Click here to read the full New Haven Register article by Angela Carter .