Terrorism is the top issue on everyone's mind heading into the 2004 presidential election, followed by education and the war in Iraq, according to the most recent numbers collected by Gallup.

"The economy" was ranked as the fourth most important issue, the survey found:

Fewer Americans are citing the economy as an extremely important election issue now than was the case earlier this fall, when 49% rated it as extremely important. This could be due to generally positive news about the economy in recent weeks.

Election day is ten and a half months away, but the issues are breaking in a way to make it a very interesting campaign season.