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Income Inequality
registered voters
January 15, 2015—January 19, 2026429,851 Responses

Do you think that the current gap in wealth between the rich and everyone else is:

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education
College Graduate
gender
Female
2026-01-19
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January 19, 2026
100% of population
Total
Fine the way it is21%
Bigger than it should be21%
Much too big51%
Unsure7%

Subgroups

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education
College Graduate
gender
Female
11% of population
Total
Fine the way it is16%
Bigger than it should be19%
Much too big59%
Unsure6%
age: 18-34
Fine the way it is11%
Bigger than it should be15%
Much too big70%
Unsure4%
age: 35-49
Fine the way it is14%
Bigger than it should be17%
Much too big63%
Unsure6%
age: 50-64
Fine the way it is20%
Bigger than it should be21%
Much too big52%
Unsure7%
age: 65+
Fine the way it is19%
Bigger than it should be23%
Much too big50%
Unsure7%
party: Democrat
Fine the way it is<1%
Bigger than it should be14%
Much too big84%
Unsure1%
party: Republican
Fine the way it is45%
Bigger than it should be27%
Much too big14%
Unsure14%
party: Independent
Fine the way it is13%
Bigger than it should be19%
Much too big62%
Unsure6%
race: White
Fine the way it is19%
Bigger than it should be19%
Much too big56%
Unsure7%
race: Black or African-American
Fine the way it is3%
Bigger than it should be20%
Much too big74%
Unsure3%
race: Hispanic/Latino
Fine the way it is11%
Bigger than it should be20%
Much too big63%
Unsure6%
race: Other
Fine the way it is10%
Bigger than it should be19%
Much too big67%
Unsure4%

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