Personal Economic Conditions (October 2018)
category | Total |
---|---|
A lot better off | 12% |
Somewhat better off | 27% |
About the same | 39% |
Somewhat worse off | 13% |
A lot worse off | 6% |
Don't know | 3% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 4% | 7% | 21% |
Somewhat better off | 11% | 26% | 40% |
About the same | 49% | 37% | 32% |
Somewhat worse off | 24% | 11% | 4% |
A lot worse off | 9% | 14% | 2% |
Don't know | 2% | 6% | 1% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 1% | 3% | 6% |
Somewhat better off | 11% | 12% | 11% |
About the same | 55% | 56% | 43% |
Somewhat worse off | 26% | 18% | 26% |
A lot worse off | 7% | 7% | 11% |
Don't know | 1% | 4% | 3% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 22% | 15% | 23% |
Somewhat better off | 40% | 30% | 44% |
About the same | 33% | 36% | 29% |
Somewhat worse off | 3% | 13% | 2% |
A lot worse off | 2% | 5% | 1% |
Don't know | 1% | 1% | 1% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 5% | 8% | 18% |
Somewhat better off | 12% | 18% | 41% |
About the same | 48% | 46% | 31% |
Somewhat worse off | 24% | 15% | 5% |
A lot worse off | 10% | 8% | 3% |
Don't know | 2% | 4% | 2% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 3% | 0% | 8% |
Somewhat better off | 12% | 9% | 13% |
About the same | 52% | 49% | 45% |
Somewhat worse off | 27% | 30% | 18% |
A lot worse off | 5% | 11% | 12% |
Don't know | 1% | 1% | 4% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 9% | 14% | 24% |
Somewhat better off | 41% | 39% | 42% |
About the same | 33% | 38% | 26% |
Somewhat worse off | 12% | 5% | 3% |
A lot worse off | 4% | 3% | 2% |
Don't know | 1% | 1% | 3% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 4% | 23% | 21% |
Somewhat better off | 11% | 43% | 41% |
About the same | 49% | 29% | 30% |
Somewhat worse off | 24% | 3% | 4% |
A lot worse off | 10% | 2% | 3% |
Don't know | 2% | 0% | 1% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 13% | 12% | 11% |
Somewhat better off | 32% | 22% | 19% |
About the same | 41% | 31% | 40% |
Somewhat worse off | 9% | 18% | 18% |
A lot worse off | 5% | 10% | 8% |
Don't know | 1% | 8% | 5% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
A lot better off | 14% | 10% |
Somewhat better off | 32% | 22% |
About the same | 36% | 42% |
Somewhat worse off | 10% | 15% |
A lot worse off | 5% | 7% |
Don't know | 2% | 4% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 9% | 14% | 12% |
Somewhat better off | 27% | 27% | 26% |
About the same | 36% | 40% | 43% |
Somewhat worse off | 16% | 12% | 8% |
A lot worse off | 8% | 5% | 6% |
Don't know | 4% | 1% | 5% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 9% | 13% | 12% | 14% |
Somewhat better off | 25% | 23% | 32% | 24% |
About the same | 41% | 43% | 33% | 45% |
Somewhat worse off | 10% | 12% | 15% | 12% |
A lot worse off | 10% | 6% | 5% | 5% |
Don't know | 4% | 5% | 2% | 0% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 11% | 7% | 13% | 16% | 14% | 16% |
Somewhat better off | 8% | 23% | 26% | 25% | 37% | 22% |
About the same | 49% | 42% | 42% | 33% | 32% | 46% |
Somewhat worse off | 25% | 13% | 11% | 14% | 13% | 10% |
A lot worse off | 0% | 10% | 6% | 9% | 3% | 6% |
Don't know | 8% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 0% |
category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 17% | 9% | 8% | 9% |
Somewhat better off | 32% | 26% | 24% | 18% |
About the same | 35% | 38% | 49% | 48% |
Somewhat worse off | 10% | 17% | 11% | 15% |
A lot worse off | 5% | 6% | 8% | 7% |
Don't know | 2% | 5% | 0% | 2% |
category | The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literally | The Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literally | The Bible is a book written by men |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 22% | 9% | 5% |
Somewhat better off | 30% | 31% | 18% |
About the same | 34% | 37% | 51% |
Somewhat worse off | 8% | 14% | 18% |
A lot worse off | 3% | 8% | 7% |
Don't know | 2% | 2% | 0% |