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How interested would you say you personally are in politics?
Personal interest in politics, four-point scale · 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 interested | Fairly interested | Not very interested | Not at all interested | 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.
| 15% |
| 40% |
| 29% |
| 15% |
| 1264 |
| ±3 |
| Less than high school | 15% | 24% | 33% | 29% | 169 | ±8 |
| High school | 10% | 40% | 30% | 19% | 390 | ±6 |
| Some college | 16% | 39% | 33% | 12% | 334 | ±6 |
| Bachelor's | 18% | 48% | 23% | 11% | 231 | ±8 |
| Postgraduate | 23% | 52% | 20% | 5% | 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.