Perception of National Economy (June 2017)
category | Total |
---|---|
A lot better off | 14% |
Somewhat better off | 28% |
About the same | 30% |
Somewhat worse off | 18% |
A lot worse off | 7% |
Don't know | 3% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 4% | 10% | 25% |
Somewhat better off | 13% | 26% | 44% |
About the same | 40% | 30% | 20% |
Somewhat worse off | 28% | 18% | 7% |
A lot worse off | 12% | 10% | 1% |
Don't know | 3% | 5% | 2% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 6% | 1% | 5% |
Somewhat better off | 14% | 17% | 10% |
About the same | 46% | 44% | 34% |
Somewhat worse off | 24% | 24% | 32% |
A lot worse off | 6% | 13% | 15% |
Don't know | 4% | 2% | 4% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 21% | 17% | 33% |
Somewhat better off | 47% | 34% | 48% |
About the same | 23% | 29% | 12% |
Somewhat worse off | 8% | 14% | 3% |
A lot worse off | 1% | 3% | 1% |
Don't know | 0% | 4% | 3% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 3% | 3% | 25% |
Somewhat better off | 15% | 21% | 41% |
About the same | 37% | 40% | 21% |
Somewhat worse off | 30% | 22% | 7% |
A lot worse off | 11% | 10% | 4% |
Don't know | 4% | 5% | 3% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 5% | 0% | 5% |
Somewhat better off | 21% | 14% | 9% |
About the same | 38% | 38% | 35% |
Somewhat worse off | 25% | 34% | 31% |
A lot worse off | 9% | 11% | 13% |
Don't know | 2% | 2% | 7% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 10% | 22% | 36% |
Somewhat better off | 40% | 44% | 38% |
About the same | 31% | 23% | 12% |
Somewhat worse off | 12% | 6% | 7% |
A lot worse off | 4% | 1% | 6% |
Don't know | 3% | 4% | 1% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 4% | 21% | 35% |
Somewhat better off | 12% | 40% | 47% |
About the same | 38% | 29% | 10% |
Somewhat worse off | 29% | 7% | 4% |
A lot worse off | 13% | 2% | 2% |
Don't know | 3% | 2% | 0% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 17% | 9% | 8% |
Somewhat better off | 35% | 15% | 16% |
About the same | 27% | 30% | 39% |
Somewhat worse off | 14% | 24% | 23% |
A lot worse off | 5% | 18% | 8% |
Don't know | 3% | 3% | 5% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
A lot better off | 19% | 10% |
Somewhat better off | 30% | 26% |
About the same | 29% | 30% |
Somewhat worse off | 15% | 20% |
A lot worse off | 5% | 9% |
Don't know | 2% | 4% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 12% | 14% | 18% |
Somewhat better off | 20% | 30% | 36% |
About the same | 37% | 29% | 21% |
Somewhat worse off | 19% | 18% | 13% |
A lot worse off | 9% | 6% | 8% |
Don't know | 4% | 3% | 4% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 9% | 9% | 17% | 17% |
Somewhat better off | 25% | 25% | 27% | 36% |
About the same | 24% | 35% | 30% | 27% |
Somewhat worse off | 26% | 18% | 17% | 12% |
A lot worse off | 10% | 6% | 8% | 6% |
Don't know | 6% | 6% | 2% | 1% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 11% | 13% | 16% | 11% | 16% | 10% |
Somewhat better off | 22% | 26% | 24% | 23% | 31% | 41% |
About the same | 25% | 32% | 31% | 30% | 28% | 24% |
Somewhat worse off | 27% | 17% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 18% |
A lot worse off | 2% | 8% | 8% | 13% | 6% | 4% |
Don't know | 12% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 1% | 2% |
category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
A lot better off | 20% | 11% | 7% | 10% |
Somewhat better off | 30% | 34% | 24% | 19% |
About the same | 24% | 31% | 36% | 36% |
Somewhat worse off | 15% | 17% | 20% | 23% |
A lot worse off | 8% | 5% | 10% | 9% |
Don't know | 3% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
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 | 21% | 13% | 8% |
Somewhat better off | 26% | 38% | 18% |
About the same | 26% | 27% | 35% |
Somewhat worse off | 15% | 15% | 26% |
A lot worse off | 10% | 5% | 9% |
Don't know | 2% | 2% | 3% |