A new poll by Kaiser just released this morning was done before the terrorist attack in Nice, France, on Thursday night — but even so, its results are compelling. Many American voters say the presidential candidates still aren’t doing a strong job of addressing terrorism issues or health care problems heading into the November elections, a new Kaiser Health Tracking Poll shows.

In the wake of the attack in Nice, Donald Trump spoke out strongly for the need to declare war on radical Islam and jihadists and stop the murderous rampages, while Hillary Clinton is now apparently discussing an anti-terror strategy. But both President Obama and Hillary Clinton have long resisted naming or discussing radical Islam and the devastation caused by jihadists and ISIS around the globe, except in the vaguest or weakest terms.

Four in ten Republican voters want to hear the 2016 presidential candidates talk about the ACA.

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So it’s quite compelling that terrorism and national security were the top issue for registered voters, with nearly half (46 percent) of all voters stating terrorism and national security is “extremely” important to their vote for president, the Kaiser poll found.

About four in 10 voters (37 percent) say health care is “extremely” important.

The “health issues” voters said they specifically want to hear the candidates talk about health care costs (38 percent), increasing access for the uninsured (28 percent), the Affordable Care Act (27 percent), and Medicare (10 percent).

Breaking the numbers down even further, four in 10 Republican voters (41 percent) want to hear the 2016 candidates talk about the ACA. Twenty-six percent want to hear about repealing or opposing the law — compared to one-fourth of independent voters (26 percent) and only 15 percent of Democratic voters who want to hear the candidates discuss the ACA.

An equal number of Democratic voters want the candidates to talk about health care costs (41 percent) and expanding health insurance coverage for the currently uninsured (40 percent). Independent voters (39 percent) want the candidates to discuss health care costs more than they want the candidates to talk about expanding access to the uninsured (27 percent) or the ACA (26 percent).

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Republicans, Democrats, and independents say health care is “extremely” or “very” important to their presidential vote choice (71 percent, 86 percent, and 75 percent, respectively).

Women’s reproductive health, determining the future of the ACA, Medicare, lowering prescription drug costs, and dealing with the opioid epidemic are other critical health care issues voters say concern them.

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Equal shares of voters also named leadership ability, character, values, and experience as top voting considerations this fall, kff.org reported.

The Kaiser Tracking Poll also finds the vast majority of Americans (89 percent) have heard or read at least a little about the Zika virus, up slightly from June 2016. Most aren’t concerned that they or someone in their family will be affected by the virus — however, six in 10 are worried the U.S. will see a large number of cases of the virus (59 percent) and the upcoming summer Olympics will cause an increase in the number of cases (59 percent).