---
"title": "Jobs: Partisan Problem"
"description": "Democrats are more likely (by 20 points) to say jobs are difficult to find."
"date": "2008-08-18"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Pew Research Center"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2008/08/18/jobs-partisan-problem/"
---

# Jobs: Partisan Problem

Views of the job situation continue to differ along partisan lines with 69% of Democrats and 65% of independents — but only 49% of Republicans — saying jobs are hard to find in their area. This gap has persisted even as the impression that jobs are scarce has risen across party lines. Overall, 61% of Americans now say jobs are difficult to find in their area compared with 48% who said so in November 2007. [Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/pubs/826/jobs)