Public Opinion Snapshot: Rich Drawing Away from the Poor and Middle Class

Public Opinion Snapshot: Rich Drawing Away from the Poor and Middle Class: You almost never hear conservatives talk about inequality. Perhaps they’re hoping the issue will just go away. But public awareness of inequality is very high these days, as the Pew Research Center’s new American Values survey shows. One survey question asked respondents if they agreed that today the rich get richer while the poor get poorer. About three-quarters (76 percent) agreed, while just 23 percent disagreed.?