The portion of the country that believes a financial crisis is likely within the next several years has risen to 52 percent from 42 percent in March 2010, when the question was last asked in a Bloomberg National Poll.
The Bloomberg-Washington Post poll surveyed 1,000 Americans by telephone. The margin of error for overall numbers is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. The poll covered 391 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents with a margin of error of plus or minus 6 percentage points for that group.