national
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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gender
Male
race
Hispanic/Latino
6% of population
Total
Fine the way it is20%
Bigger than it should be22%
Much too big50%
Unsure7%
age: 18-34
Fine the way it is17%
Bigger than it should be24%
Much too big53%
Unsure7%
age: 35-49
Fine the way it is19%
Bigger than it should be20%
Much too big54%
Unsure8%
age: 50-64
Fine the way it is26%
Bigger than it should be21%
Much too big44%
Unsure9%
age: 65+
Fine the way it is22%
Bigger than it should be24%
Much too big47%
Unsure7%
education: Non-College Graduate
Fine the way it is21%
Bigger than it should be22%
Much too big50%
Unsure8%
education: College Graduate
Fine the way it is19%
Bigger than it should be22%
Much too big52%
Unsure6%
education: Postgraduate
Fine the way it is16%
Bigger than it should be22%
Much too big57%
Unsure4%
party: Democrat
Fine the way it is2%
Bigger than it should be16%
Much too big79%
Unsure2%
party: Republican
Fine the way it is43%
Bigger than it should be30%
Much too big15%
Unsure12%
party: Independent
Fine the way it is23%
Bigger than it should be23%
Much too big46%
Unsure9%

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