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Please show for each of these how important you think it is for getting ahead in life . . . H. Having political connections?
Importance of political connections for getting ahead · Asked in 2 waves, 1987–2021 · 3,567 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
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 | Essential | Very important | Fairly important | Not very important | Not important at all | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 2,003 |
| General Social Survey 1987 | 1987-01-31 to 1987-04-28 | face to face | 1,819 | 1,564 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
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.
| 6% |
| 13% |
| 29% |
| 38% |
| 14% |
| 2003 |
| ±3 |
| Protestant | 5% | 12% | 26% | 40% | 17% | 848 | ±4 |
| Catholic | 5% | 14% | 32% | 37% | 12% | 414 | ±6 |
| Jewish † | – | 15% | 32% | 44% | 10% | 40 | ±18 |
| Other faith | 10% | 12% | 37% | 34% | 7% | 107 | ±12 |
| None | 8% | 14% | 28% | 36% | 14% | 560 | ±5 |
General Social Survey 2021 · 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.