Condition of Nation's Economy Over the Last Year 1980-2020
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| '80 | '82 | '84 | '86 | '88 | '90 | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | '18 | '20 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gotten Better | 4 (59) |
12 (165) |
43 (922) |
24 (491) |
19 (368) |
3 (68) |
5 (114) |
35 (605) |
38 (646) |
47 (593) |
39 (693) |
5 (69) |
24 (282) |
** | 2 (54) |
** | 29 (1725) |
** | 28 (1173) |
** | 20 (1612) |
| Stayed Same | 13 (205) |
18 (252) |
33 (722) |
42 (870) |
50 (978) |
22 (433) |
23 (567) |
38 (658) |
45 (758) |
38 (483) |
44 (785) |
23 (344) |
31 (370) |
** | 7 (168) |
** | 35 (2063) |
** | 42 (1798) |
** | 22 (1844) |
| Gotten Worse | 83 (1316) |
70 (960) |
24 (512) |
35 (725) |
31 (610) |
74 (1443) |
72 (1776) |
28 (483) |
17 (294) |
15 (183) |
17 (310) |
72 (1087) |
45 (544) |
** | 90 (2091) |
** | 35 (2082) |
** | 30 (1289) |
** | 58 (4801) |
| N | 1580 | 1377 | 2156 | 2086 | 1956 | 1944 | 2457 | 1746 | 1698 | 1259 | 1788 | 1500 | 1196 | 0 | 2313 | 0 | 5870 | 0 | 4260 | 0 | 8256 |
Percentage Within Study Year
Table 4E.1.
Source: VCF0870 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset,
weighted with VCF0009z
Link to see data by mode (2012, 2016)
Percent among demographic groups who responded:
Question Text:
"How about (1996-LATER: Now thinking about) the economy (1990,1994- later: in the country as a whole)?"
ALL YEARS EXC.2000 EXPERIMENTAL VERSION:
"Would you say that over the past year the nation's economy has gotten better, stayed (all yrs. exc 1984: about) the same or gotten worse?"
2000 EXPERIMENTAL VERSION:
"Would you say that over the past year the nation's economy has gotten worse, stayed about the same, or gotten better?"
Note:
2012 and 2016 data are for the combined (face-to-face and internet) sample.