| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #7542 |
 | Thinking about your money ... Are you in debt? Are you about even? Or are you ahead? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Education | Attend Church | Abortion | Region | |||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.1% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Grad Sch | College | Some Col | No Colle | Never | Occasion | Regularl | Pro-life | Pro-choi | North | West | Harris C | East | |
| In Debt | 38% | 36% | 41% | 43% | 43% | 23% | 32% | 60% | 43% | ** | 33% | 46% | 35% | 36% | 38% | 41% | 21% | 27% | 38% | 50% | 37% | 45% | 30% | 32% | 43% | 40% | 37% | 40% | 37% |
| About Even | 34% | 31% | 38% | 33% | 31% | 42% | 35% | 26% | 36% | ** | 33% | 35% | 37% | 32% | 34% | 45% | 34% | 36% | 38% | 31% | 36% | 33% | 36% | 38% | 31% | 32% | 42% | 31% | 36% |
| Ahead | 24% | 29% | 18% | 19% | 24% | 31% | 31% | 11% | 15% | ** | 32% | 15% | 24% | 29% | 25% | 12% | 42% | 35% | 22% | 12% | 23% | 17% | 31% | 27% | 22% | 23% | 19% | 27% | 23% |
| Not Sure | 4% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 6% | ** | 2% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
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| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 36% | 40% | 24% | 56% | 11% | 29% | 4% | 39% | 33% | 25% | 44% | 38% | 14% | 13% | 21% | 31% | 35% | 20% | 39% | 41% | 44% | 51% | 29% | 7% | 18% | 46% |