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In your opinion, about how many politicians in America are involved in corruption? Would you say…
How many politicians are involved in corruption · Asked in 2 waves, 2006–2016 · 2,908 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Almost none | A few | Some | Quite a lot | Almost all | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 1,390 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 1,518 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| 2% |
| 21% |
| 36% |
| 29% |
| 12% |
| 1390 |
| ±3 |
| Northeast | 2% | 18% | 40% | 32% | 8% | 224 | ±8 |
| Midwest | 2% | 22% | 37% | 29% | 10% | 335 | ±7 |
| South | 2% | 22% | 32% | 30% | 14% | 514 | ±5 |
| West | 2% | 22% | 37% | 25% | 13% | 317 | ±7 |
General Social Survey 2016 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). 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.