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Results displayed in this table are for registered voters only. The sample size varies somewhat for each poll.
July 2008: n=668 (MOE = +/- 3.79)
October 2008: n=534 (MOE = +/- 4.24)
February 2009: n=715 (MOE = +/- 3.66)
June 2009: n=790 (MOE = +/- 3.49)
October 2009: n=799 (MOE = +/- 3.47)
February 2010: n=798 (MOE = +/- 3.47
Question wording since October 2008 has been consistent, and as follows:
What about you? Compared to a year ago, would you say that you and your family are economically
- A lot better off
- Somewhat better off
- About the same
- Somewhat worse off
- A lot worse off
- Don't know
(For the purposes of the table above, options 1 and 2 were collapsed into "Better Off" and options 4 and 5 were collapsed into "Worse Off")
Wording was slightly different in the July 2008 poll:
What about you? Compared to a year ago, would you say that you are better off, worse off, or about the same economically?
- Better off
- Worse off
- About the same
- Don't know