Income Distribution
For Public, Tough Year Ends on a Down Note
Little Progress Seen on Major Domestic Issues
Section 1: Perceptions of Progress on Major Issues
Pessimistic Public Doubts Effectiveness of Stimulus, TARP
Republicans Draw Even With Democrats on Most Issues
Section 2: The National Economy and Economic Policies
Independents Take Center Stage in Obama Era
Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes: 1987-2009
Section 7: Optimism, Personal Finances and Inequality
A Nation of “Haves” and “Have-Nots”?
Far More Americans Now See Their Country as Sharply Divided Along Economic Lines
by Jodie T. Allen, Senior Editor, Pew Research Center and Michael Dimock, Associate Director for Research, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
Highlights