QUESTION: Thinking about the next 12 months, would you say you feel optimistic or pessimistic about your own family’s financial situation?

OPTIMISTIC PESSIMISTIC NOT SURE

ALL: 25% 36% 39%

MEN: 28% 34% 38%

WOMEN: 22% 38% 40%

DEMOCRATS: 21% 41% 38%

REPUBLICANS: 31% 30% 39%

INDEPENDENTS: 24% 37% 39%

QUESTION: Which of the following economic problems has impacted your family the most over the past 12 months: rising gas prices, rising food prices, rising unemployment, rising college tuition, declining home prices, or declining stock market values?

ALL DEM REP IND

Gas prices: 34% 34% 33% 34%

Food prices: 33% 33% 32% 34%

Home prices: 16% 15% 17% 16%

College tuition: 8% 9% 7% 8%

Unemployment: 5% 5% 5% 6%

Stock market: 2% 2% 3% 1%

Other/Not sure: 2% 2% 3% 1%