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

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

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The price of food and consumer goods68%
The cost of healthcare59%
The price of gasoline and energy56%
The cost of housing55%
Interest rates45%
The cost of higher education35%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs34%
The stability of banks and financial institutions30%
How the stock market is doing23%

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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
The price of food and consumer goods57%64%80%
The cost of healthcare64%52%57%
The price of gasoline and energy41%55%70%
The cost of housing57%50%54%
Interest rates36%42%53%
The cost of higher education40%23%31%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs35%35%34%
The stability of banks and financial institutions25%22%35%
How the stock market is doing22%17%25%

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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
The price of food and consumer goods64%55%57%
The cost of healthcare63%61%65%
The price of gasoline and energy41%40%41%
The cost of housing62%57%55%
Interest rates33%36%37%
The cost of higher education38%37%42%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs36%37%34%
The stability of banks and financial institutions14%30%26%
How the stock market is doing11%17%27%

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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
The price of food and consumer goods85%74%81%
The cost of healthcare60%50%59%
The price of gasoline and energy76%66%70%
The cost of housing56%52%54%
Interest rates50%56%53%
The cost of higher education32%35%30%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs24%41%33%
The stability of banks and financial institutions42%30%35%
How the stock market is doing22%22%28%

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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
The price of food and consumer goods61%58%78%
The cost of healthcare69%55%55%
The price of gasoline and energy40%50%69%
The cost of housing60%54%53%
Interest rates37%41%52%
The cost of higher education45%31%31%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs36%33%34%
The stability of banks and financial institutions24%25%36%
How the stock market is doing22%22%24%

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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
The price of food and consumer goods48%60%71%
The cost of healthcare56%68%81%
The price of gasoline and energy39%36%45%
The cost of housing51%59%67%
Interest rates32%31%46%
The cost of higher education36%46%52%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs28%34%43%
The stability of banks and financial institutions24%23%27%
How the stock market is doing21%15%29%

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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
The price of food and consumer goods71%76%86%
The cost of healthcare53%50%61%
The price of gasoline and energy58%67%78%
The cost of housing54%50%56%
Interest rates41%48%63%
The cost of higher education37%28%29%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs31%29%44%
The stability of banks and financial institutions44%24%47%
How the stock market is doing13%23%32%

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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
The price of food and consumer goods66%59%77%
The cost of healthcare56%60%65%
The price of gasoline and energy54%50%61%
The cost of housing49%62%64%
Interest rates39%48%57%
The cost of higher education29%42%43%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs28%46%41%
The stability of banks and financial institutions28%35%30%
How the stock market is doing22%23%25%

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CategoryMaleFemale
The price of food and consumer goods65%71%
The cost of healthcare56%62%
The price of gasoline and energy55%56%
The cost of housing51%58%
Interest rates44%45%
The cost of higher education36%34%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs29%39%
The stability of banks and financial institutions27%32%
How the stock market is doing24%22%

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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
The price of food and consumer goods59%71%77%
The cost of healthcare55%61%63%
The price of gasoline and energy50%56%67%
The cost of housing57%55%51%
Interest rates46%42%49%
The cost of higher education40%34%25%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs39%32%31%
The stability of banks and financial institutions33%26%34%
How the stock market is doing25%21%23%

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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
The price of food and consumer goods60%57%76%73%
The cost of healthcare57%55%64%58%
The price of gasoline and energy51%44%62%61%
The cost of housing61%52%56%53%
Interest rates48%41%47%43%
The cost of higher education45%36%32%31%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs51%39%29%27%
The stability of banks and financial institutions37%29%28%29%
How the stock market is doing34%23%19%21%

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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
The price of food and consumer goods76%70%77%66%64%61%
The cost of healthcare68%58%66%62%54%57%
The price of gasoline and energy78%57%60%56%54%47%
The cost of housing65%56%60%58%52%46%
Interest rates67%50%48%43%39%38%
The cost of higher education45%38%31%35%32%36%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs36%40%33%37%31%30%
The stability of banks and financial institutions37%34%33%25%30%23%
How the stock market is doing29%29%16%22%22%21%

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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
The price of food and consumer goods75%62%68%59%
The cost of healthcare65%54%51%57%
The price of gasoline and energy66%51%48%41%
The cost of housing61%50%53%49%
Interest rates56%37%40%33%
The cost of higher education42%29%31%30%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs42%30%29%25%
The stability of banks and financial institutions44%20%20%19%
How the stock market is doing30%21%18%10%

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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 goods71%68%60%74%
The cost of healthcare58%58%61%67%
The price of gasoline and energy63%57%36%68%
The cost of housing59%52%51%63%
Interest rates50%45%30%61%
The cost of higher education39%31%33%40%
People who want to work being unable to find jobs41%34%23%37%
The stability of banks and financial institutions38%28%14%44%
How the stock market is doing25%24%9%41%

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