MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
While there was a vast majority of people who approved of Obama's SOTU. There is some positive news in that some people who believe that the system is fair to them personally, don't see it fair in general. But the results would point to an even split in the country that is reflected in the divided country.
It would be interesting to see what the results were after the SOTU.
About half (49%) of Americans agree with President Barack Obama's claim that the U.S. economic system is unfair, while 45% say it is fair. At the same time, 62% say the U.S. economic system is fair to them personally.
The results of the Gallup survey conducted Jan. 23, in advance of the speech, suggest that Americans are significantly more positive about economic fairness when asked about how it relates to them personally, than when asked about the system as whole. Sixty-two percent of Americans say the economic system is fair to them personally, while 36% say it is not.
Republicans are more likely than independents or Democrats to say the economic system in general is fair, but the party differences are not huge compared with what is typical on other political measures. Four in 10 Democrats say the system is fair, while 42% of Republicans say it is not fair. However, there is even less difference across these three partisan groups when asked about the fairness of the system to them personally, with majorities of each calling it fair.