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Polls listed chronologically. Data are from nationwide surveys of Americans 18 & older.

Associated Press-AOL News Poll conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs. Dec. 12-14, 2006. N=1,000 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Do you think now is a good time or bad time to invest in the stock market?"
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		Good Time	Bad Time	Unsure
		%	%	%
	12/12-14/06	47	42	11

USA Today/Gallup Poll. Oct. 6-8, 2006. N=1,007 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"If you had a thousand dollars to spend, do you think investing it in the stock market would be a good or bad idea?"
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		Good Idea	Bad Idea	Depends (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	10/6-8/06	54	41	2	2
	4/10-13/06	43	50	4	4
	4/4-7/05	45	51	2	2
	4/5-8/04	47	48	3	2
	1/04	53	43	2	2
	6/03	41	57	1	1
	4/03	34	63	2	1
	7/29-31/02	37	58	3	2
	7/22-24/02	31	63	3	3
	6/21-23/02	45	51	2	2
	4/8-11/02	47	48	3	2
	4/6-8/02	42	53	2	3
	1/10-14/02	42	53	3	2
	12/2-4/00	46	49	2	3
	10/12-14/00	57	36	2	5
	1/7-10/00	67	28	2	3
	10/21-24/99	51	44	2	3
	9/10-14/99	60	33	3	4
	6/4-5/99	60	34	3	3
	3/12-14/99	59	35	3	3
	9/1/98	46	48	3	3
	4/17-19/98	65	28	4	3

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	Stockholders
	1/7-10/00	81	16	2	1
	10/21-24/99	63	35	1	1
	9/10-14/99	69	26	3	2
	6/4-5/99	72	23	3	2
	3/12-14/99	71	25	2	2
	9/1/98	60	34	3	3
	4/17-19/98	82	14	3	1

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	Non-stockholders
	1/7-10/00	45	48	2	5
	10/21-24/99	33	57	4	6
	9/10-14/99	46	44	3	7
	6/4-5/99	43	49	2	6
	3/12-14/99	39	53	4	4
	9/1/98	25	70	1	4
	4/17-19/98	48	43	3	6
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	9/1/98 preface to question: "Turning to the stock market: As you may know, the Dow Jones Industrial average, a key market indicator, fell by 513 points yesterday and gained 288 points today."

Pew Research Center survey conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Jan. 4-8, 2006. N=1,503 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Do you think now is a very good, good, bad, or very bad time to invest in the stock market?"
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		Very Good	Good	Bad	Very Bad	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	1/4-8/06	5	41	27	7	20
	5/05	3	42	32	8	15

CBS News/New York Times Poll. June 10-15, 2005. N=1,111 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3 (for all adults).
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"How confident are you in your ability to make good investment decisions in the stock market: very confident, somewhat confident, not very confident, or not at all confident?"
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		Very Confident	Somewhat Confident	Not Very Confident	Not At All Confident	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	ALL	13	34	26	24	3
	Republicans	24	42	15	18	1
	Democrats	8	31	32	28	1
	Independents	10	31	30	27	2
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"Do you think of investment in the stock market as generally a safe investment or generally a risky investment?"
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		Safe	Risky	Unsure
		%	%	%
	ALL	21	74	5
	Republicans	36	56	8
	Democrats	11	84	5
	Independents	19	78	3
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"Do you personally, or jointly with a spouse, have any money invested in the stock market right now ‑‑ either in individual stock or in a mutual fund -- or don't you?"
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		Do	Do Not	Unsure
		%	%	%
	ALL	46	52	2
	Republicans	59	40	1
	Democrats	40	60	0
	Independents	43	55	2

ABC News/Washington Post Poll. March 10-13, 2005. N=1,001 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3. Fieldwork by TNS.
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"Overall, do you think the stock market is a safe investment, or a risky one?"
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		Safe	Risky	Unsure
		%	%	%
	3/10-13/05	29	69	3
	7/02	19	80	2
	1/01	35	61	3
	5/00	34	58	8
	6/99	37	52	9

CBS News Poll. Aug. 11-12, 2003. N=798 adults nationwide. MoE ą 4.
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		ALL	Repub- licans	Demo- crats	Indepen- dents
		%	%	%	%
"How would you rate the overall condition of the stock market these days: excellent, very good, fairly good, fairly bad, or very bad?"
	Excellent	0	0	1	1
	Very good	6	12	3	5
	Fairly good	43	53	31	45
	Fairly bad	28	19	38	27
	Very bad	6	4	10	5
	Don't know	17	12	17	17
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"In the next three months, do you expect the stock market will rise a lot, rise moderately, not change, decline moderately, or decline a lot?"
	Rise a lot	1	1	1	1
	Rise moderately	41	48	32	43
	Not change	32	34	41	24
	Decline moderately	11	3	10	16
	Decline a lot	2	1	3	1
	Don't know	13	13	12	15

FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. June 30-July 1, 2003. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"In the next six months, do you plan to put money in the stock market or take money out of the market?"
		Put Money In	Take Money Out	Neither (vol.)	Have No Money in the Market (vol.)	Not Sure
		%	%	%	%	%
	6/30 - 7/1/03	24	6	48	17	5

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Robert Teeter (R). Dec. 7-9, 2002. N=500 adults nationwide.

"Thinking ahead to a year from now, do you think that the value of the stock market will be much higher, somewhat higher, about the same, somewhat lower, or much lower than it is today?"
		Much Higher	Somewhat Higher	Same	Somewhat Lower	Much Lower	Not Sure
		%	%	%	%	%	%
	12/02	2	43	27	12	4	12
	10/02 *	5	44	30	9	4	8
	7/02	8	48	25	11	3	5
	1/01	5	30	35	18	5	7
	12/00	4	25	35	23	4	9
	4/00 *	6	30	35	14	6	9
	3/00 *	8	30	35	11	5	11
	10/99	6	24	39	22	4	5
	4/99	7	26	35	17	7	8
	1/99	5	27	35	16	6	11
	7/98	6	30	32	19	7	6
	12/97	7	31	35	15	4	8
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	* Among registered voters

CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll. July 26-28, 2002. N=1,004 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Thinking ahead to a year from now, do you think the stock market will be much higher, somewhat higher, about the same, somewhat lower, or much lower than it is today?"
		Much Higher	Some- what Higher	About the Same	Some- what Lower	Much Lower	No Opinion
		%	%	%	%	%	%
	7/02	7	45	26	13	4	5
	6/02	5	29	38	19	6	3
	4/01	10	44	29	9	4	4
	1/01	5	29	34	19	6	7

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Robert Teeter (R). July 19-21, 2002. N=1,014 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.1 (total sample).
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"When it comes to financial information that major stock brokerage firms and corporations provide to the public, do you or do you not have confidence that the information is straightforward and an honest analysis?"
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		7/02	6/02
		%	%
	Do have confidence	23	29
	Do not have confidence	70	57
	Not sure	7	14
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"When it comes to the problems in the financial markets, do you think that President Bush is more concerned about the interests of average Americans or more concerned about the interests of large corporations?" "When it comes to the problems in the financial markets, do you think that the Republicans in Congress are more concerned about the interests of average Americans or more concerned about the interests of large corporations?" Half sample (Form A) "When it comes to the problems in the financial markets, do you think that the Democrats in Congress are more concerned about the interests of average Americans or more concerned about the interests of large corporations?" Half sample (Form B)
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		President Bush	Repub- licans in Congress	Demo- crats in Congress
		%	%	%
	Average Americans	36	28	47
	Large corporations	49	55	29
	Both equally (vol.)	10	8	10
	Not sure	5	9	14

*ABC News/Washington* Post Poll**. July 11-15, 2002. N=1,512 adults nationwide. MoE ą 2.5. Field work by TNS Intersearch.
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"In deciding your vote for the U.S. House, how much of a factor will regulating Wall Street and the stock market be: very important, somewhat important, not so important or not important at all?"
		Very	Somewhat	Not So	Not At All	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	7/02	44	37	9	7	2
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"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bush is handling regulating Wall Street and the stock market?"
		Approve	Disap- prove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	7/02	50	36	14
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"Which political party, the Democrats or the Republicans, do you trust to do a better job regulating Wall Street and the stock market?"
		%
	Democrats	43
	Republicans	39
	Both (vol.)	5
	Neither (vol.)	7
	Unsure	6
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"How much do rises and falls in stock market prices affect you personally: a great deal, somewhat, not much or not at all?"
		A Great Deal	Some- what	Not Much	Not At All	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	7/02	17	36	26	21	-
	9/86	6	20	28	44	3
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"Do you think there should be more government regulation of the stock market, less regulation, or should government regulation of the stock market stay as it is?"