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June 9, 2014: Economist/YouGov--Nationwide Poll on Social Security and Unemployment


"How important are the following issuesto you? Social Security."

very/somewhatimportant 89%

notvery important/unimportant 11%


"Looking ahead, which would you say ismore likely, that in the country as a whole unemployment rates during the nextyear will increase, decrease or remain about the same?"

alot/ somewhat lower 28%

aboutthe same 34%

somewhat/a lot higher 26%

notsure 12%


"Looking ahead, which would you say ismore likely, that in the country as a whole unemployment rates during the nextfive years will increase, decrease or remain about the same?"

alot/ somewhat lower 33%

aboutthe same 24%

somewhat/a lot higher 27%

notsure 16%

viaPolling the Nations

FieldDate - Jun 7-9, 2014

Universe:Country: United States

Method:online

SampleSize: 1000

http://cdn.yougov.com/cumulus_uploads/document/v4l4yvo8fk/econToplines.pdf