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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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race
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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
race
White
11% of population
Total
Fine the way it is18%
Bigger than it should be20%
Much too big57%
Unsure5%
age: 18-34
Fine the way it is12%
Bigger than it should be17%
Much too big67%
Unsure3%
age: 35-49
Fine the way it is16%
Bigger than it should be17%
Much too big63%
Unsure4%
age: 50-64
Fine the way it is22%
Bigger than it should be21%
Much too big52%
Unsure6%
age: 65+
Fine the way it is20%
Bigger than it should be22%
Much too big53%
Unsure5%
gender: Male
Fine the way it is23%
Bigger than it should be22%
Much too big49%
Unsure5%
gender: Female
Fine the way it is14%
Bigger than it should be17%
Much too big64%
Unsure5%
party: Democrat
Fine the way it is<1%
Bigger than it should be11%
Much too big88%
Unsure<1%
party: Republican
Fine the way it is49%
Bigger than it should be30%
Much too big11%
Unsure10%
party: Independent
Fine the way it is16%
Bigger than it should be21%
Much too big57%
Unsure5%

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