ABC News-Washington Post Poll: 82 Percent Say Recession Is Not Over

Noted as must read on the top of ABC's Web site: Recession Poll... Interesting focus on public at top of the article.

Full article: http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Politics/economic-recovery-abc-news-washington-post-poll/story?id=8891003#


POLL: What Economic Recovery? Obama, Unemployment and Foreclosures
ABC News-Washington Post Poll: 82 Percent Say Recession Is Not Over

From the public's perspective, the rumors of economic recovery are greatly exaggerated.

A demonstrator holds a sign reading "the American dream is over" during a rally outside Wall Street in New York April 4,2009. From the public's perspective, the rumors of economic recovery are greatly exaggerated.(Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll put it this way: "Many economists say that using the standards they apply, the recession probably is over. Thinking about your own experience of economic conditions, would you say that from your point of view the recession is over, or not over?"
Result: Not over, 82 percent.
Click here for PDF with charts and questionnaire. From the public's perspective, the rumors of economic recovery are greatly exaggerated.

A demonstrator holds a sign reading "the American dream is over" during a rally outside Wall Street in New York April 4,2009. From the public's perspective, the rumors of economic recovery are greatly exaggerated.(Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll put it this way: "Many economists say that using the standards they apply, the recession probably is over. Thinking about your own experience of economic conditions, would you say that from your point of view the recession is over, or not over?"
Result: Not over, 82 percent.
Click here for PDF with charts and questionnaire.