A new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that a vast majority of Americans want some changes in major public policy areas. The presidential election appeared to show this as well, but this poll (Dec. 11-14, 1003 A) finds what specific issues the public wants President-elect Obama to act on.

According to the poll, Americans want Obama to: withdraw troops from Iraq within 16 months (70%); make major changes in the U.S. health care system (77%); implement policies to reduce global warming (75%); and increase federal spending on children's health insurance (74%).

Also included was requiring electric companies to include the use of renewable energy sources (84%), increasing the federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research (52%), and imposing a time period during which banks cannot foreclose on delinquent mortgages (66%). Just 40% said they wanted Obama to close the Guantanomo U.S. military prison.