Pew Poll	Aug. 21-24	Aug. 28-31
Very closely	49%	40%
fairyly closely	24%	28%
not too closely	12%	17%
not at all closely	15%	14%
don't know/ refused	1%	1%
	Aug. 20-27	Sept. 11-18
Pew Research/ Kaiser Health Tracking
Better Off	39.00%	53.00%
Worse Off	33.00%	26.00%
Not Much Different	19.00%	14.00%
Depends	4.00%	4.00%
Don't Know/Refused	6.00%	4.00%