Republicans are saving for retirement; Democrats, not so much — they have other priorities.

According to the 2016 Election Survey from San Carlos, California-based online financial advisory firm Personal Capital, Americans are a lot more worried about such major issues as the state of the economy, health care and terrorism than they are about retirement. But Republicans are more likely to have a retirement account than Democrats.

In addition, one out of every five working-age Americans has no retirement savings at all, no matter what their political affiliations.

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