Middle Class Left Behind

Voters have specific bad actors in mind. “It’s about big business, not the little guy,” said one member of that Greenberg focus group. 40% of Americans believe big business get whatever they want in Washington; 38% believe leaders have forgotten the middle class; 35% believe America is doing nothing about problems at home.

People see big business getting what it wants, and the middle class getting left behind. That sentiment outscores declining morals or even terrorism. Only 9% of Americans believe terrorism is having the country go in the wrong direction.