NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press
JENNIFER AGIESTA, Associated Press

DENVER (AP) — A new Associated Press-GfK Poll shows that candidates will have a hard time rallying voters around social issues on Election Day.

The poll found that likely voters’ top issues are the economy, health care, Ebola and the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. Those issues largely favor Republicans. Democrats have tried to rally their base of single women by focusing on abortion rights and other social issues.

But last month’s poll found only 43 percent of likely voters found abortion an important issue. Democrats have the advantage on that subject and same-sex marriage, but those issues are not priorities for voters.