---
"title": "GOP Favors the Rich"
"description": "Nearly six-in-ten Americans say Republicans favor the rich."
"date": "2008-07-16"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Russell Heimlich"
    "job_title": "Former web developer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2008/07/16/gop-favors-the-rich/"
---

# GOP Favors the Rich

Nearly six-in-ten (58%) Americans say the Republican Party favors the rich, while nearly two-thirds say the Democratic Party favors the middle class (39%) or the poor (26%). Self-identified lower-class Americans are somewhat more likely (65%) than the general public to see the GOP as the party of the rich. [Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/pubs/793/inside-the-middle-class)