Very concerned about each of the following economic issues (October 2024)

Very concerned about each of the following economic issues (October 2024)

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The price of food and consumer goods69%
The cost of healthcare61%
The cost of housing55%
The price of gasoline and energy51%
Interest rates39%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs38%
The cost of higher education36%
The stability of banks and financial institutions29%
How the stock market is doing20%

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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
The price of food and consumer goods55%70%80%
The cost of healthcare65%61%58%
The cost of housing54%62%55%
The price of gasoline and energy34%51%65%
Interest rates30%42%46%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs35%41%41%
The cost of higher education43%39%30%
The stability of banks and financial institutions26%25%33%
How the stock market is doing16%20%24%

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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
The price of food and consumer goods53%58%55%
The cost of healthcare70%60%65%
The cost of housing54%58%52%
The price of gasoline and energy18%42%36%
Interest rates16%38%32%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs28%42%34%
The cost of higher education45%48%40%
The stability of banks and financial institutions16%28%28%
How the stock market is doing5%18%18%

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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
The price of food and consumer goods82%72%82%
The cost of healthcare52%55%62%
The cost of housing58%46%56%
The price of gasoline and energy72%52%66%
Interest rates46%38%48%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs40%42%41%
The cost of higher education31%27%30%
The stability of banks and financial institutions37%30%31%
How the stock market is doing24%18%27%

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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
The price of food and consumer goods59%59%80%
The cost of healthcare68%51%60%
The cost of housing58%49%55%
The price of gasoline and energy36%43%65%
Interest rates29%33%48%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs37%36%41%
The cost of higher education48%31%30%
The stability of banks and financial institutions24%27%34%
How the stock market is doing17%15%25%

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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
The price of food and consumer goods58%53%67%
The cost of healthcare61%66%78%
The cost of housing55%53%68%
The price of gasoline and energy34%27%48%
Interest rates29%25%35%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs31%30%50%
The cost of higher education40%44%59%
The stability of banks and financial institutions22%17%33%
How the stock market is doing16%11%24%

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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
The price of food and consumer goods72%78%87%
The cost of healthcare60%58%63%
The cost of housing54%53%57%
The price of gasoline and energy55%61%75%
Interest rates48%44%52%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs36%39%45%
The cost of higher education29%25%35%
The stability of banks and financial institutions31%35%33%
How the stock market is doing23%22%30%

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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
The price of food and consumer goods68%65%73%
The cost of healthcare60%65%63%
The cost of housing49%66%58%
The price of gasoline and energy49%49%57%
Interest rates35%44%46%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs32%49%47%
The cost of higher education32%43%42%
The stability of banks and financial institutions26%33%31%
How the stock market is doing18%22%21%

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CategoryMaleFemale
The price of food and consumer goods66%71%
The cost of healthcare56%65%
The cost of housing53%56%
The price of gasoline and energy51%51%
Interest rates35%42%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs35%41%
The cost of higher education35%37%
The stability of banks and financial institutions26%31%
How the stock market is doing18%23%

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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
The price of food and consumer goods61%70%78%
The cost of healthcare58%62%62%
The cost of housing58%55%49%
The price of gasoline and energy47%51%57%
Interest rates40%39%36%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs39%40%31%
The cost of higher education34%38%32%
The stability of banks and financial institutions33%26%31%
How the stock market is doing23%19%18%

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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
The price of food and consumer goods64%64%72%71%
The cost of healthcare55%60%64%62%
The cost of housing56%59%54%49%
The price of gasoline and energy50%44%56%52%
Interest rates35%36%43%38%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs48%42%36%30%
The cost of higher education44%37%33%33%
The stability of banks and financial institutions23%31%32%27%
How the stock market is doing16%21%23%17%

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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
The price of food and consumer goods73%69%74%73%66%59%
The cost of healthcare65%61%61%61%61%57%
The cost of housing55%52%55%58%56%53%
The price of gasoline and energy55%55%50%60%47%42%
Interest rates44%39%39%33%40%37%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs40%38%38%45%39%32%
The cost of higher education42%31%36%33%38%38%
The stability of banks and financial institutions41%29%26%30%30%26%
How the stock market is doing31%18%16%16%24%23%

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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
The price of food and consumer goods77%64%59%61%
The cost of healthcare65%55%59%65%
The cost of housing59%49%47%62%
The price of gasoline and energy63%50%31%34%
Interest rates50%32%27%29%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs44%37%27%32%
The cost of higher education39%32%32%39%
The stability of banks and financial institutions38%25%21%16%
How the stock market is doing26%17%18%13%

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CategoryThe 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.
The price of food and consumer goods73%70%61%54%
The cost of healthcare62%57%71%43%
The cost of housing59%52%58%34%
The price of gasoline and energy62%50%37%33%
Interest rates50%33%31%31%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs45%36%35%24%
The cost of higher education36%34%46%14%
The stability of banks and financial institutions41%25%20%16%
How the stock market is doing26%19%16%8%

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