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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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gender
Male
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
Postgraduate
gender
Male
6% of population
Total
Fine the way it is21%
Bigger than it should be22%
Much too big53%
Unsure4%
age: 18-34
Fine the way it is15%
Bigger than it should be23%
Much too big58%
Unsure3%
age: 35-49
Fine the way it is18%
Bigger than it should be20%
Much too big58%
Unsure4%
age: 50-64
Fine the way it is24%
Bigger than it should be23%
Much too big48%
Unsure5%
age: 65+
Fine the way it is23%
Bigger than it should be23%
Much too big49%
Unsure5%
party: Democrat
Fine the way it is1%
Bigger than it should be15%
Much too big83%
Unsure<1%
party: Republican
Fine the way it is51%
Bigger than it should be31%
Much too big10%
Unsure8%
party: Independent
Fine the way it is21%
Bigger than it should be24%
Much too big49%
Unsure6%
race: White
Fine the way it is23%
Bigger than it should be22%
Much too big49%
Unsure5%
race: Black or African-American
Fine the way it is5%
Bigger than it should be22%
Much too big71%
Unsure2%
race: Hispanic/Latino
Fine the way it is16%
Bigger than it should be22%
Much too big57%
Unsure4%
race: Other
Fine the way it is17%
Bigger than it should be21%
Much too big57%
Unsure4%

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