Statistician: A financial magazine claimed that its survey of its subscribers showed that North Americans are more concerned about their personal finances than about politics  One question was: Which do you think about more: politics or the joy of earning money   This question is clearly biased  Also, the readers of the magazine are a self-selecting sample
Thus, there is reason to be skeptical about the conclusion drawn in the magazine' s survey
Other surveys suggest that North Americans are concerned not only with politics and finances, but also with social issues.