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….

 

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%