The telephone poll of 984 voters was conducted Feb. 14-18 and 21-22. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
How are you and your family compared to fours ago?
How much opportunity for success does a young LI person have today?
Would you say that you are better off now than you were four years ago, worse off, or about the same?
| Better off | Worse off | About the same | Don’t know/No opinion | |
| Total | 21% | 28% | 49% | 1% |
| Nassau residents | 23% | 28% | 48% | 1% |
| Suffolk residents | 20% | 29% | 51% | 1% |
| Males | 23% | 26% | 50% | 1% |
| Females | 20% | 30% | 49% | 1% |
| Ages 18-34 | 32% | 22% | 45% | 1% |
| Ages 35-54 | 29% | 26% | 45% | 0% |
| Ages 55+ | 17% | 30% | 52% | 1% |
| Democrats | 26% | 21% | 52% | 1% |
| Republicans | 19% | 35% | 45% | 0% |
| Independents/ Other | 18% | 31% | 50% | 0% |
| Liberal | 31% | 16% | 52% | 1% |
| Moderate | 23% | 25% | 52% | 1% |
| Conservative | 15% | 39% | 45% | 1% |
| White | 19% | 29% | 50% | 1% |
| African American/ Black | 30% | 29% | 41% | 0% |
| Latino | 30% | 23% | 47% | 0% |
| Less than college | 18% | 33% | 48% | 1% |
| College degree | 25% | 24% | 50% | 1% |
| Catholic | 19% | 32% | 49% | 1% |
| Jewish | 26% | 21% | 53% | 0% |
| Protestant | 20% | 35% | 44% | 1% |
| Other | 29% | 20% | 51% | 0% |
| Earning less than $50K | 12% | 44% | 43% | 2% |
| Earning $50K-$100K | 17% | 29% | 53% | 1% |
| Earning $100K+ | 31% | 21% | 48% | 0% |
Do you think that a young person coming of age today on Long Island has more opportunity to be successful than someone coming of age 25 years ago, about the same, or less opportunity for success?
| More opportunity | About the same opportunity | Less opportunity | Don’t know/No opinion | |
| Total | 13% | 12% | 72% | 2% |
| Nassau residents | 15% | 12% | 71% | 2% |
| Suffolk residents | 12% | 11% | 74% | 3% |
| Males | 12% | 11% | 74% | 3% |
| Females | 14% | 12% | 71% | 2% |
| Ages 18-34 | 23% | 13% | 62% | 2% |
| Ages 35-54 | 11% | 6% | 82% | 1% |
| Ages 55+ | 13% | 14% | 70% | 3% |
| Democrats | 17% | 12% | 68% | 2% |
| Republicans | 12% | 10% | 76% | 2% |
| Independents/ Other | 8% | 13% | 77% | 2% |
| Liberal | 16% | 18% | 64% | 2% |
| Moderate | 15% | 9% | 73% | 3% |
| Conservative | 9% | 11% | 79% | 2% |
| White | 9% | 12% | 77% | 2% |
| African American/ Black | 34% | 13% | 52% | 0% |
| Latino | 27% | 8% | 55% | 9% |
| Less than college | 16% | 13% | 69% | 3% |
| College degree | 11% | 11% | 76% | 2% |
| Catholic | 11% | 13% | 75% | 1% |
| Jewish | 12% | 13% | 75% | 0% |
| Protestant | 16% | 9% | 71% | 4% |
| Other | 17% | 12% | 68% | 4% |
| Earning less than $50K | 18% | 14% | 65% | 3% |
| Earning $50K-$100K | 14% | 14% | 69% | 3% |
| Earning $100K+ | 11% | 8% | 81% | 1% |
