Over the past year, has the nation's economy gotten better or worse?

National economy over the past year · Asked in 1 wave, 2018 · 59,918 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Wording from the year's CES guide.

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

Party Ideology Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region Religion Community State

Gotten much betterGotten betterStayed about the sameGotten worseGotten much worse

Group	Gotten much better	Gotten better	Stayed about the same	Gotten worse	Gotten much worse	n	MoE
All respondents	22%	27%	28%	16%	6%	59918	±0.6
White	27%	30%	26%	13%	4%	43811	±0.6
Black

Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2018 · US adults 18+ (YouGov opt-in panels, sample-matched to an ACS frame and weighted). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.

Answers as the source codes them

Gotten much betterGotten betterStayed about the sameGotten worseGotten much worseNot sure (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2018	2018-09-27 to 2018-11-05	web	60,000	59,918