https://www.people-press.org/2014/06/26/typology-comparison/types/hard-pressed-skeptics/Deeply financially-stressed and distrustful of government, Hard-Pressed Skeptics lean toward the Democratic Party but have reservations about both political parties. They want government to do more to solve problems, but have doubts about its efficiency. Hard-Pressed Skeptics are dissatisfied with conditions in the country and their communities. They are among the most cynical about the ability of individuals to improve their lot through hard work. These attitudes may reflect their distressed financial conditions: Hard-Pressed Skeptics have the lowest family incomes of any of the typology groups.
48% disapproved of Obama vs. 44% who approved. 65% voted for Obama in 2012, but only 51% planned on voting Democratic in the 2014 midterms.
61% said the U.S. best years were behind us.
54% said Wall Street hurts economy more than it helps. Only Solid Liberals agreed more.
79% said immigrants were a burden on the country compared with 39% nationally. Only 37% favored giving illegal immigrants citizenship, the second-lowest after Steadfast Conservatives.
87% said they thought the U.S. should pay less attention to problems overseas and concentrate at home.
71% said poor people have hard lives because government benefits don't go far enough. 66% said the government should do more to help the poor and needy even if it increases debt.
72% said government is almost always wasteful and inefficient.
9% were college graduates.
