| USA Residents | ||||
| In the coming year, do you feel you will be economically: | ||||
| Better off | Worse off | About the same as you are now | ||
| Row % | Row % | Row % | ||
| USA Residents | 29% | 26% | 45% | |
| Registered Voters | 26% | 27% | 47% | |
| Party ID | Democrat | 36% | 14% | 50% |
| Republican | 13% | 39% | 48% | |
| Independent | 24% | 31% | 46% | |
| Ideology | Liberal | 38% | 13% | 48% |
| Moderate | 25% | 23% | 52% | |
| Conservative | 18% | 39% | 44% | |
| Region | Northeast | 31% | 26% | 44% |
| Midwest | 32% | 22% | 46% | |
| South | 26% | 30% | 44% | |
| West | 30% | 24% | 47% | |
| Household Income | Less than $50,000 | 34% | 25% | 41% |
| $50,000 or more | 25% | 26% | 49% | |
| Education | Not college graduate | 32% | 27% | 42% |
| College graduate | 24% | 23% | 52% | |
| Age | 18 to 29 | 54% | 12% | 34% |
| 30 to 44 | 34% | 18% | 48% | |
| 45 to 59 | 23% | 30% | 47% | |
| 60 or older | 15% | 36% | 49% | |
| Gender | Men | 34% | 25% | 41% |
| Women | 23% | 27% | 50% | |
| Marist Poll National Residents December 2009 "N=1034 MOE +/- 3%" Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding. | ||||
