THE WISCONSIN SURVEY - FALL 2009
The Economy
Survey Information:
Random Selection, Telephone Survey
Number of Adult Wisconsin Resident Respondents: 400
Interview Period: 10/13/09 – 10/22/09
Margin of Error: +/- 5% at the 95% confidence level.
Contact:
Wendy Scattergood
Assistant Professor of Political Science, St. Norbert College Survey Center
DePere, WI 54115
(920) 403-3491
wendy.scattergood@snc.edu
· NOTE: Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.
Please tell me whether you approve or disapprove of the way President Obama is handling each of the following aspects of his job. Do you approve or disapprove of the way he is handling….
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Approve
|
Disapprove
|
Not Sure
|
Refused/NA
|
The Economy
|
42%
|
53%
|
4%
|
<1%
|
So far, do you think the federal government’s economic stimulus plan has made the country’s economy better off, worse off, or has not affected the economy?
Better Off.................................................................... 29%
Worse Off................................................................... 32%
No Effect On............................................................... 32%
Not Sure..................................................................... 6%
Refused....................................................................... 1%
Would you say that you are financially better off now than you were a year ago, or financially worse off now?
Better off now............................................................. 21%
Worse off now............................................................ 53%
Same (volunteered)...................................................... 25%
Not Sure..................................................................... 1%
Refused / NA.............................................................. <1%
|
Better
|
Same
|
Worse
|
Fall '94
|
38%
|
34%
|
28%
|
Fall '95
|
36%
|
31%
|
32%
|
Fall '96
|
47%
|
26%
|
25%
|
Fall '97
|
47%
|
28%
|
25%
|
Fall '98
|
45%
|
30%
|
25%
|
Fall '99
|
55%
|
23%
|
21%
|
Fall '00
|
57%
|
23%
|
19%
|
Sp '02
|
35%
|
28%
|
36%
|
Fall '02
|
31%
|
18%
|
50%
|
Sp '03
|
36%
|
20%
|
43%
|
Fall '03
|
37%
|
24%
|
38%
|
Sp '04
|
41%
|
26%
|
32%
|
Sp '05
|
|
|
|
Fall '05
|
|
|
|
Sp '06
|
|
|
|
Fall '06
|
|
|
|
Sp '07
|
|
|
|
Fall '07
|
|
|
|
Sp '08
|
|
|
|
Fall '08
|
20%
|
20%
|
60%
|
Sp '09
|
20%
|
16%
|
63%
|
Fall '09
|
21%
|
25%
|
53%
|
Median
|
37%
|
25%
|
32%
|
Do you expect that at this time NEXT year you will be financially better off than now, or worse off than now?
Better off now............................................................. 53%
Worse off now............................................................ 25%
Same (volunteered)...................................................... 12%
Not Sure..................................................................... 9%
Refused / NA.............................................................. 1%
|
Better
|
Same
|
Worse
|
Fall '94
|
50%
|
31%
|
15%
|
Fall '95
|
46%
|
21%
|
26%
|
Fall '96
|
56%
|
19%
|
15%
|
Fall '97
|
54%
|
25%
|
14%
|
Fall '98
|
56%
|
21%
|
17%
|
Fall '99
|
63%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Fall '00
|
64%
|
20%
|
9%
|
Sp '02
|
54%
|
22%
|
15%
|
Fall '02
|
56%
|
13%
|
22%
|
Sp '03
|
53%
|
17%
|
26%
|
Fall '03
|
57%
|
14%
|
22%
|
Sp '04
|
57%
|
19%
|
16%
|
Sp '05
|
42%
|
25%
|
29%
|
Fall '05
|
40%
|
18%
|
38%
|
Sp '06
|
45%
|
24%
|
25%
|
Fall '06
|
56%
|
25%
|
16%
|
Sp '07
|
44%
|
27%
|
25%
|
Fall '07
|
44%
|
21%
|
28%
|
Sp '08
|
47%
|
17%
|
30%
|
Fall '08
|
51%
|
17%
|
20%
|
Sp '09
|
47%
|
14%
|
33%
|
Fall '09
|
53%
|
12%
|
25%
|
Median
|
53%
|
20%
|
22%
|
How concerned are you that in the next year you will become unemployed? Are you very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not at all concerned?
Very Concerned.......................................................... 12%
Somewhat Concerned................................................. 14%
Not Too Concerned.................................................... 20%
Not At All Concerned................................................. 24%
Already Am Unemployed (VOL)................................. 7%
Retired (VOL)............................................................. 21%
Not Sure..................................................................... 1%
Refused....................................................................... 1%
|
Very Concerned
|
Somewhat Concerned
|
Not Too Concerned
|
Not at All Concerned
|
Already Unemployed
|
Retired
|
Sp '03
|
14%
|
14%
|
16%
|
50%
|
|
|
Fall '03
|
12%
|
14%
|
20%
|
50%
|
|
|
Sp '04
|
13%
|
14%
|
15%
|
53%
|
|
|
Sp '09
|
16%
|
15%
|
22%
|
39%
|
|
|
Fall '09
|
12%
|
14%
|
20%
|
24%
|
7%
|
21%
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