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How interested would you say you personally are in politics?
Personal interest in politics · Asked in 5 waves, 1990–2024 · 7,095 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2024).
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 | Somewhat interested | Not very interested | Not at all interested | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 1,638 |
| 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 |
| General Social Survey 1996 | 1996-02-01 to 1996-05-25 | face to face | 2,904 | 1,332 |
| General Social Survey 1990 | 1990-02-06 to 1990-04-22 | face to face | 1,372 | 1,217 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2024).
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.
| 14% |
| 21% |
| 27% |
| 21% |
| 16% |
| 1638 |
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| Less than high school | 4% | 13% | 20% | 22% | 40% | 146 | ±11 |
| High school | 10% | 16% | 32% | 23% | 19% | 416 | ±7 |
| Some college | 14% | 24% | 24% | 23% | 15% | 485 | ±6 |
| Bachelor's | 20% | 20% | 33% | 17% | 9% | 353 | ±7 |
| Postgraduate | 21% | 29% | 22% | 18% | 12% | 237 | ±9 |
General Social Survey 2024 · 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.