{"id":52833,"date":"2007-09-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2007\/09\/13\/a-nation-of-haves-and-have-nots\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:48:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:48:59","slug":"a-nation-of-haves-and-have-nots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2007\/09\/13\/a-nation-of-haves-and-have-nots\/","title":{"rendered":"A Nation of \u201cHaves\u201d and \u201cHave-Nots\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past two decades, a growing share of the public has come to the view that American society is divided into two groups, the &#8220;haves&#8221; and the &#8220;have-nots.&#8221; Today, Americans are split evenly on the two-class question with as many saying the country is divided along economic lines as say this is not the case (48% each). In sharp contrast, in 1988, 71% rejected this notion, while just 26% saw a divided nation.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of equal importance, the number of Americans who see themselves among the &#8220;have-nots&#8221; of society has doubled over the past two decades, from 17% in 1988 to 34% today. In 1988, far more Americans said that, if they had to choose, they probably were among the &#8220;haves&#8221; (59%) than the &#8220;have-nots&#8221; (17%). Today, this gap is far narrower (45% &#8220;haves&#8221; vs. 34% &#8220;have-nots&#8221;).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2007\/09\/13\/a-nation-of-haves-and-havenots\/\">Read the full analysis at PewResearch.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past two decades, a growing share of the public has come to the view that American society is divided into two groups, the &#8220;haves&#8221; and the &#8220;have-nots.&#8221; Today, Americans are split evenly on the two-class question with as many saying the country is divided along economic lines as say this is not the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sub_headline":"Far More Americans Now See Their Country as Sharply Divided Along Economic Lines<Br \/>by Jodie T. 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