Overall, Voters Still Negative About U.S. Economic Policy, Remain Anxious About Future

 Positive Ratings of Personal Finances Remain Below 40%; 26% Express Job Insecurity 

UTICA, New York - Eight months after passage of the economic stimulus bill in February, likely voters are feeling a bit more positive about U.S. economic policy than they did in early March. However, there is no change in voters' assessment of their personal finances and job security; they are a bit more pessimistic that their children will have a better life than they have had.

Those are among the results of Zogby Interactive surveys of likely voters conducted from October 23-26 and from March 2-5 of this year. The most recent poll included 3,544 likely voters and had a margin of error of +/-1.7%. The March poll numbered 3,365 likely voters and had the same margin of error.

U.S. Economic Policy

Here is a comparison of how voters rated U.S. economic policy in March and in October.

Numbers were rounded off to the nearest percent and might not equal 100.

While we found improvement in October, the survey still shows only 23% giving positive ratings of excellent or good, and a majority (51%) saying poor. Democrats made up a significant number of those moving to a positive rating, going from 32% in March to 42% in October. There was no significant change among Republicans or Independents.

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