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Benenson Strategy Group and SKDKnickerbocker are out with a new poll that found that 45 percent of most voters feel that opportunities for middle-class and working Americans have declined in the last two decades.TRANSCRIPT
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ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Americans are optimistic about the future and believe their children had more opportunities than previous generations.
They consider themselves both pro-business and pro-worker but believe that neither party does a good job at balancing
the needs of workers and businesses.
Sixty-four percent of voters report feeling optimistic about the economy. An even stronger majority
believe todays children have more opportunities than previous generations (71%). While most voters feel that
opportunities for middle-class and working Americans have declined over the past 20 years (45%), a plurality of voters also
believe opportunities will increase for middle-class and working Americans in the next 20 years (41%).
Voters see themselves as both pro-worker (88%) and pro-business (59%) but are more likely to describe themselves
as pro-worker. This is true across all demographic groups, including conservatives, Republicans, and households making
above $60,000 a year. Notably, registered voters see neither the Democratic Party nor the Republican Party as being
particularly good at balancing the needs of workers and businesses in the economy.
Those who are pro-worker are more likely to say that Democrats do a good job balancing the needs of workers
and business44% say the Democrats do a good job, 31% say Republicans do. Pro-business voters do not favor either
party41% say Democrats do a good job and 40% say the same of Republicans.
In your view, do todays children have more or fewer opportunities to succeed than you did when you were a child?
Please tell me how well the following term applies to you.
53%
far more opportunities
somewhat fewer opportunities
far fewer opportunities
somewhat more opportunities
of voters view themselves as both
pro-worker and pro-business
TOTAL PRO-WORKER
DESCRIBES ME WELL
88%
TOTAL PRO-BUSINESS
DESCRIBES ME WELL
57%
7%22%41%3O%
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DEMOCRATS 92% REPUBLICANS 83%
INDEPENDENTS 87%
DEMOCRATS 54% REPUBLICANS 7O%INDEPENDENTS 56%