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When Americans are asked what the country’s biggest problem is, the answers vary a lot by political party. Democratic voters say they are more concerned about income inequality, climate change and Donald Trump. Republicans mention illegal immigration, terrorism and the deficit.

But there is at least one subject that members of both parties — and independents, too — consistently cite as a serious problem: corruption.

When an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll asked voters last year what issue would influence their vote for Congress, corruption was in a virtual tie for first place with the economy. When a recent Hart Research poll , done for the Center for American Progress Action Fund, asked people to name their biggest concerns with the federal government, corruption came out on top, with more than 50 percent of both Republicans and Democrats naming it. More specifically, respondents said that the federal government did a lot to help politicians, big corporations, the wealthy and campaign donors.