WISCONSIN — Wisconsinites flocked to the polls with the economy and their jobs on their minds, according to the Associated Press’ 2022 VoteCast data.

AP polled 3,258 Wisconsinites for this election’s VoteCast; 48% of those polled said the economy and jobs were the United States’ number one issue.

In 2020, when AP polled 3,474 Wisconsinites for VoteCast, 27% of them listed the economy and jobs as the nation’s top concern. The number one issue, per AP VoteCast, in 2020, was the pandemic. Of those polled, 45% of respondents listed it as the most important issue facing the U.S. that year.

AP VoteCast has a margin of error of +/- 2%.

The next largest issue to Wisconsinites during the midterm election this year was abortion — 12% of AP VoteCast respondents said it was the top issue facing the country.

Following abortion was climate change (9%), crime (9%), health care (8%), immigration (7%) and gun policy (5%). Only 1% of Wisconsinites listed foreign policy as the top issue facing the country. Another 1% of Wisconsinites said the pandemic was the most important issue.

Despite inflation driving people to the polls, abortion was still a big factor in how Wisconsinites voted on Tuesday. Per AP VoteCast data, 82% of Wisconsinites said the overturning of Roe v. Wade was an “important” factor in how they vote. Another 17% said it was not important.

Gov. Tony Evers was another point of contention for Wisconsin voters. AP VoteCast said 48% of Wisconsinites approved of how he has “handled his job as governor,” while 51% disapproved.

Of those groups, 24% said they “strongly approved” of Gov. Evers while another 24% “somewhat approved” of him. On the flip side, 18% “somewhat disapproved” of him, while the remaining 34% “strongly disapproved” of him.

Gov. Evers won reelection against Republican challenger Tim Michels. With 99% of the expected votes accounted for, Gov. Evers held 51.2% of the vote. Michels trailed behind with 47.8% of the vote.

When it comes to how those votes were counted, most Wisconsinites said they trusted votes would be counted accurately.

AP VoteCast reported 38% of Wisconsinites were “very confident” in election accuracy and 36% were “somewhat confident.” On the flip side, 18% said they were “not too confident” and 8% said they were “not at all confident.”