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Research & Outreach > Center for the Study of Politics and Governance > Elections Projects > Polling Archives > Minnesota Poll Archive

Policy

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Finances

* Personal Financial Situation

* Financial Situation of the Country

Personal Financial Situation

"Would you say that you and your family are better off or worse off financially than you were a year ago?"

Date	Better	Worse	Same (vol.)	No opinion	Sample	MoE
January 15-20, 2004	39%	34%	25%	2%	821	± 3.4
August 20-25, 2002	25%	45%	27%	3%	819	± 3.4
October 8-10, 2001	38%	29%	32%	1%	727	± 3.6

"Would you say you and your family living with you are better off financially than you were four years ago, worse off, or about the same?"

Date	Better	Worse	Same	No opinion	Sample	MoE
October 31 – November 1, 2004	34%	23%	40%	3%	742 LV	± 3.6
October 30-31, 2004	33%	24%	41%	2%	722 LV	± 3.7
October 26-29, 2004	32%	38%	28%	2%	996 LV	± 3.1
October 9-11, 2004	30%	30%	38%	2%	809 LV	± 3.4
September 7-13, 2004	28%	26%	44%	2%	1035 LV	± 3.0

"Now, looking ahead, do you think that a year from now you and your family will be better off financially, worse off, or just about the same?"

Date	Better	Worse	Same	No opinion	Sample	MoE
August 20-25, 2002	33%	10%	53%	4%	819	± 3.4
October 8-10, 2001	29%	9%	57%	5%	727	± 3.6

"About the things that people buy for their homes such as furniture, a refrigerator, stove, television and things like that. Generally speaking, do you think now is a good time or a bad time for people to buy major household items?"

Date	Good time	Bad time	No opinion	Sample	MoE
August 20-25, 2002	62%	18%	20%	819	± 3.4
October 8-10, 2001	67%	19%	14%	727	± 3.6

"In the next several months, do you intend to increase or decrease your spending for the goods and services you normally buy this time of year, or will your spending be about the same as it always is?"

Date	Increase	Decrease	About the same	No opinion	Sample	MoE
October 8-10, 2001	7%	17%	76%	0%	727	± 3.6

Financial Situation of the Country

"Looking ahead, which would you say is more likely…that in the country as a whole, we will have continuous good times during the next give years or so, OR that we will have periods of widespread unemployment or depression?"

Date	Good times	Periods of Unemployment or depression	Mixed (vol.)	No opinion	Sample	MoE
August 20-25, 2002	31%	44%	20%	5%	819	± 3.4
October 8-10, 2001	31%	46%	18%	5%	727	± 3.6

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