Pew Research has discovered that the nation is split when asked if we are a country of "haves" and "have-nots."
The complete report is here.
While 45% say that is a fair description of American society, 52% say it is incorrect to think of the country this way.
Democrats and Independents are more likely to see economic divisions (59% and 47%) than are Republicans (27%).
Nearly three-quarters (73%) of African-Americans see a nation that is economically divided, while less than half (40%) of Whites do.
So we appear to be divided on which divisions divide us.
Interestingly, despite the Great Recession, those numbers have not changed very much since 2008, though they are significantly higher than in the 1980s when far larger majorities rejected the idea that we are a nation of "haves" and "have-nots."
But what's even more interesting is the big change in the numbers who consider themselves to be among the have-nots. In 1987, just 14% did; that number has now doubled to 34%.
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