As Obama’s Health Care reform is taking place during an election time period and the economy is on everyone’s minds, issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage, and immigration are falling behind in important issues of the 2012 election. Money is becoming the predominant thought, while more moral based issues are slipping away.

“…[D]uring the 2012 White house race, many political observers expect economic issues to dominate the presidential campaign, with less attention being paid to pro-life and pro-choice camp[aigns],” said Conservative political Blogger.

Issues in an election are ranked on a point-based system. The more the points an issue receives, the more imperative it is in the voting process to each individual voter. Points can be determined through surveys and polls.

“The percentage of GOP voters saying the deficit is very important increased 25 points since then (to 86%). In the current survey, only the economy ranks higher among Republican voters (92% very important),” said research found through the Pew Research Center.

The Republican Party, in the past, has held issues that deal directly with people to a higher standard than issues dealing with budget or deficit. Less than half of Republican voters this year care about the issue of immigration. Since 2004, immigration has dropped 16 points.

“Immigration… [has] slipped as [a] voting priorit[y] among Republican voters… half of Republican voters (47%) say the issue of immigration will be very important to their vote; in 2010, 64% rated immigration as very important and in 2008 63% did so. Immigration also has fallen in importance among independents. Only about four-in-ten (37%) independent voters now view the issue as very important, down 23 points from August 2010,” said the Pew Research Center.

Republicans, typically against same-sex marriage, have a very strong opinion on the topic and it generally rates high on list of important issues. This issue has fallen in importance for both parties in this election and for independent voters.

“The percentage of GOP voters viewing gay marriage as very important has fallen 13 points, from 49% to 36%, since August 2004. There has been far less change in opinions among Democrats and independents, who have consistently rated this lower in importance than have Republicans,” reported the Pew Research Center.

Abortion is also surprisingly declining in importance to voters by four points. The pro-life vs. pro-choice deliberation is typically one of the more heated topics in all debates; however, with a president that has indirectly stated that he is pro-choice, America is falling into a pattern of just accepting that fact and not fighting to overturn or maintain Supreme Court decisions based on this issue. Obama would oppose any amendment to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision.

“I'm confident… the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress,” said Obama.

In March 2010, President Obama made history by setting forth the Affordable Care Act reforms that would develop and increase the number of Americans being insured than ever before. This issue is just a subdivision of the entire economic issue that has proved to be the most important in the voters’ minds. The budget deficit has increased five points in national surveys and polls.

“Fully 86% of registered voters say that the economy will be very important to their vote in the fall; 84% say that jobs will be very important. Both issues have ranked at… the top of voters’ priorities in campaigns…,” said the Pew Research Center.

The economy is looking to be the top issue of the 2012 White House race. While abortion, same-sex marriage, and immigration are of importance to the people, the recent state of the economy and the current president’s goal to improve it, is taking the number one spot in the voters’ minds. The economy is having an effect on the average person each day; therefore, no one can forget it when it comes to election time.