georgephillip
Diamond Member
According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center about two-thirds of Americans now believe there are "strong conflicts" between rich and poor in the US. That share represents a 50 percent increase from a 2009 survey in which 47% of those polled said there were strong conflicts between economic classes.
For the first time conflict between rich and poor eclipsed tensions over race and immigration in the survey which polled 2,048 adults between December 6 to December 19.
"Independents, whose votes will be fought over by both parties, showed the single largest increase in perceptions of conflicts between rich and poor, up 23 percentage points, to 68 percent, compared with an 18-point rise among Democrats and a 17-point rise for Republicans.
"Sixty-eight percent of independents believe there are strong class conflicts, just below the 73 percent of Democrats who do. (The surveys margin of sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points for results based on the total sample.)
'The story for me was the consistency of the change,'... 'Everyone sees more conflict.'
Occupy That!
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/us/more-conflict-seen-between-rich-and-poor-survey-finds.html
For the first time conflict between rich and poor eclipsed tensions over race and immigration in the survey which polled 2,048 adults between December 6 to December 19.
"Independents, whose votes will be fought over by both parties, showed the single largest increase in perceptions of conflicts between rich and poor, up 23 percentage points, to 68 percent, compared with an 18-point rise among Democrats and a 17-point rise for Republicans.
"Sixty-eight percent of independents believe there are strong class conflicts, just below the 73 percent of Democrats who do. (The surveys margin of sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points for results based on the total sample.)
'The story for me was the consistency of the change,'... 'Everyone sees more conflict.'
Occupy That!
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/us/more-conflict-seen-between-rich-and-poor-survey-finds.html