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Thinking of the last national election in America, how fair was it regarding the opportunities of the candidates and parties to campaign?
Fairness of last national election to candidates · Asked in 2 waves, 2004–2014 · 2,736 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 | Very fair | Somewhat fair | Neither fair nor unfair | Somewhat unfair | Very unfair | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 1,264 |
| General Social Survey 2004 | 2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04 | face to face | 2,812 | 1,472 |
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.
| 32% |
| 40% |
| 16% |
| 8% |
| 4% |
| 1264 |
| ±3 |
| Less than high school | 22% | 35% | 32% | 8% | 3% | 169 | ±8 |
| High school | 31% | 39% | 16% | 10% | 4% | 390 | ±6 |
| Some college | 31% | 40% | 18% | 8% | 4% | 334 | ±6 |
| Bachelor's | 39% | 39% | 10% | 6% | 5% | 231 | ±8 |
| Postgraduate | 31% | 46% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 140 | ±9 |
General Social Survey 2014 · 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.