48 PERCENT BELIEVE THEY ARE IN LOWER OR WORKING CLASSES

“A Gallup poll released this week [May 2015] shows that Americans are feeling increasingly in economic retreat. Barely half (51 percent) now consider themselves as being part of the middle or upper classes, compared to an average of 61 percent during 2000-08. A full 48 percent say they are now in the working or lower classes.”

Susan Milligan, “The New Economic Issue, With the Economy Improving, Candidates Across the Political Spectrum Are Focusing on Income Inequality, U.S. News & World Report, May 1, 2015.