Over the past year, have prices of everyday goods and services increased or decreased?

Change in prices of everyday goods over the past year · Asked in 1 wave, 2024 · 59,874 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Wording from the year's CES guide.

In trend lines:Perceived change in everyday prices over past year (2 questions), AI-matched

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

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

Increased a lotIncreased somewhatStayed about the sameDecreased somewhatDecreased a lot

Group	Increased a lot	Increased somewhat	Stayed about the same	Decreased somewhat	Decreased a lot	n	MoE
All respondents	55%	32%	9%	3%	1%	59874	±0.7
Democrats	35%	45%	15%	5%	1%	22934	±1
Independents (incl. leaners)

Cooperative Election Study 2024 · 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

Increased a lotIncreased somewhatStayed about the sameDecreased somewhatDecreased a lot

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Cooperative Election Study 2024	2024-10-01 to 2024-12-09	web	60,000	59,874