Americans are optimistic about job creation following the election, according to the results of an American Staffing Association Workforce Monitor survey. More than half of US adults surveyed, 53%, said the recent election results will have a positive effect on job creation.

“The ASA Workforce Monitor shows that jobs were an important consideration for voters in the November elections,” said ASA President and CEO Richard Wahlquist. “The survey results underscore the expectations of a majority of Americans that the new Congress and administration will make job creation a priority.”

More than half of adults surveyed, 55%, said job creation was more important in this election than other issues facing the nation. Donald Trump voters are more likely than Hillary Clinton voters to think that jobs were more important than other issues facing the US at 68% compared with 49%, and that the election results will have a positive effect on job creation, 89% compared with 24%, according to the ASA Workforce Monitor.

Job creation influenced decisions at the polls for 52% of voters. Trump voters had a greater tendency than Clinton voters to say job creation had a major or moderate influence on their choices, 64% compared with 44%, according to the survey results.

Harris Poll conducted the survey online within the US on behalf of ASA. It was conducted from Dec. 16 to Dec. 20, 2016, among 2,088 US adults, of whom 1,812 identified as voters.