Very concerned about each of the following economic issues (October 2024)
category | Total |
---|---|
The price of food and consumer goods | 69% |
The cost of healthcare | 61% |
The cost of housing | 55% |
The price of gasoline and energy | 51% |
Interest rates | 39% |
People who want to work being unable to find jobs | 38% |
The cost of higher education | 36% |
The stability of banks and financial institutions | 29% |
How the stock market is doing | 20% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
The price of food and consumer goods | 55% | 70% | 80% |
The cost of healthcare | 65% | 61% | 58% |
The cost of housing | 54% | 62% | 55% |
The price of gasoline and energy | 34% | 51% | 65% |
Interest rates | 30% | 42% | 46% |
People who want to work being unable to find jobs | 35% | 41% | 41% |
The cost of higher education | 43% | 39% | 30% |
The stability of banks and financial institutions | 26% | 25% | 33% |
How the stock market is doing | 16% | 20% | 24% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
The price of food and consumer goods | 53% | 58% | 55% |
The cost of healthcare | 70% | 60% | 65% |
The cost of housing | 54% | 58% | 52% |
The price of gasoline and energy | 18% | 42% | 36% |
Interest rates | 16% | 38% | 32% |
People who want to work being unable to find jobs | 28% | 42% | 34% |
The cost of higher education | 45% | 48% | 40% |
The stability of banks and financial institutions | 16% | 28% | 28% |
How the stock market is doing | 5% | 18% | 18% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
The price of food and consumer goods | 82% | 72% | 82% |
The cost of healthcare | 52% | 55% | 62% |
The cost of housing | 58% | 46% | 56% |
The price of gasoline and energy | 72% | 52% | 66% |
Interest rates | 46% | 38% | 48% |
People who want to work being unable to find jobs | 40% | 42% | 41% |
The cost of higher education | 31% | 27% | 30% |
The stability of banks and financial institutions | 37% | 30% | 31% |
How the stock market is doing | 24% | 18% | 27% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
The price of food and consumer goods | 59% | 59% | 80% |
The cost of healthcare | 68% | 51% | 60% |
The cost of housing | 58% | 49% | 55% |
The price of gasoline and energy | 36% | 43% | 65% |
Interest rates | 29% | 33% | 48% |
People who want to work being unable to find jobs | 37% | 36% | 41% |
The cost of higher education | 48% | 31% | 30% |
The stability of banks and financial institutions | 24% | 27% | 34% |
How the stock market is doing | 17% | 15% | 25% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
The price of food and consumer goods | 58% | 53% | 67% |
The cost of healthcare | 61% | 66% | 78% |
The cost of housing | 55% | 53% | 68% |
The price of gasoline and energy | 34% | 27% | 48% |
Interest rates | 29% | 25% | 35% |
People who want to work being unable to find jobs | 31% | 30% | 50% |
The cost of higher education | 40% | 44% | 59% |
The stability of banks and financial institutions | 22% | 17% | 33% |
How the stock market is doing | 16% | 11% | 24% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
The price of food and consumer goods | 72% | 78% | 87% |
The cost of healthcare | 60% | 58% | 63% |
The cost of housing | 54% | 53% | 57% |
The price of gasoline and energy | 55% | 61% | 75% |
Interest rates | 48% | 44% | 52% |
People who want to work being unable to find jobs | 36% | 39% | 45% |
The cost of higher education | 29% | 25% | 35% |
The stability of banks and financial institutions | 31% | 35% | 33% |
How the stock market is doing | 23% | 22% | 30% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
The price of food and consumer goods | 68% | 65% | 73% |
The cost of healthcare | 60% | 65% | 63% |
The cost of housing | 49% | 66% | 58% |
The price of gasoline and energy | 49% | 49% | 57% |
Interest rates | 35% | 44% | 46% |
People who want to work being unable to find jobs | 32% | 49% | 47% |
The cost of higher education | 32% | 43% | 42% |
The stability of banks and financial institutions | 26% | 33% | 31% |
How the stock market is doing | 18% | 22% | 21% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
The price of food and consumer goods | 66% | 71% |
The cost of healthcare | 56% | 65% |
The cost of housing | 53% | 56% |
The price of gasoline and energy | 51% | 51% |
Interest rates | 35% | 42% |
People who want to work being unable to find jobs | 35% | 41% |
The cost of higher education | 35% | 37% |
The stability of banks and financial institutions | 26% | 31% |
How the stock market is doing | 18% | 23% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
The price of food and consumer goods | 61% | 70% | 78% |
The cost of healthcare | 58% | 62% | 62% |
The cost of housing | 58% | 55% | 49% |
The price of gasoline and energy | 47% | 51% | 57% |
Interest rates | 40% | 39% | 36% |
People who want to work being unable to find jobs | 39% | 40% | 31% |
The cost of higher education | 34% | 38% | 32% |
The stability of banks and financial institutions | 33% | 26% | 31% |
How the stock market is doing | 23% | 19% | 18% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
The price of food and consumer goods | 64% | 64% | 72% | 71% |
The cost of healthcare | 55% | 60% | 64% | 62% |
The cost of housing | 56% | 59% | 54% | 49% |
The price of gasoline and energy | 50% | 44% | 56% | 52% |
Interest rates | 35% | 36% | 43% | 38% |
People who want to work being unable to find jobs | 48% | 42% | 36% | 30% |
The cost of higher education | 44% | 37% | 33% | 33% |
The stability of banks and financial institutions | 23% | 31% | 32% | 27% |
How the stock market is doing | 16% | 21% | 23% | 17% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The price of food and consumer goods | 73% | 69% | 74% | 73% | 66% | 59% |
The cost of healthcare | 65% | 61% | 61% | 61% | 61% | 57% |
The cost of housing | 55% | 52% | 55% | 58% | 56% | 53% |
The price of gasoline and energy | 55% | 55% | 50% | 60% | 47% | 42% |
Interest rates | 44% | 39% | 39% | 33% | 40% | 37% |
People who want to work being unable to find jobs | 40% | 38% | 38% | 45% | 39% | 32% |
The cost of higher education | 42% | 31% | 36% | 33% | 38% | 38% |
The stability of banks and financial institutions | 41% | 29% | 26% | 30% | 30% | 26% |
How the stock market is doing | 31% | 18% | 16% | 16% | 24% | 23% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
The price of food and consumer goods | 77% | 64% | 59% | 61% |
The cost of healthcare | 65% | 55% | 59% | 65% |
The cost of housing | 59% | 49% | 47% | 62% |
The price of gasoline and energy | 63% | 50% | 31% | 34% |
Interest rates | 50% | 32% | 27% | 29% |
People who want to work being unable to find jobs | 44% | 37% | 27% | 32% |
The cost of higher education | 39% | 32% | 32% | 39% |
The stability of banks and financial institutions | 38% | 25% | 21% | 16% |
How the stock market is doing | 26% | 17% | 18% | 13% |
Category | The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God. | Don't know. |
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The price of food and consumer goods | 73% | 70% | 61% | 54% |
The cost of healthcare | 62% | 57% | 71% | 43% |
The cost of housing | 59% | 52% | 58% | 34% |
The price of gasoline and energy | 62% | 50% | 37% | 33% |
Interest rates | 50% | 33% | 31% | 31% |
People who want to work being unable to find jobs | 45% | 36% | 35% | 24% |
The cost of higher education | 36% | 34% | 46% | 14% |
The stability of banks and financial institutions | 41% | 25% | 20% | 16% |
How the stock market is doing | 26% | 19% | 16% | 8% |