How much do you agree or disagree with these two statements? B. Workers need strong trade unions to protect their interests.
Workers need strong unions to protect interests · Asked in 2 waves, 1989–2016 · 2,930 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 | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | 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 | 1,477 |
| General Social Survey 1989 | 1989-02-04 to 1989-05-01 | face to face | 1,537 | 1,453 |
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.
| 19% |
| 30% |
| 28% |
| 16% |
| 6% |
| 1477 |
| ±3 |
| Democrats | 29% | 34% | 25% | 10% | 3% | 505 | ±5 |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 17% | 33% | 29% | 16% | 5% | 598 | ±5 |
| Republicans | 11% | 20% | 30% | 26% | 14% | 312 | ±6 |
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.