Saturday, October 26, 2013

In U.S., Fewer Believe "Plenty of Opportunity" to Get Ahead

In U.S., Fewer Believe "Plenty of Opportunity" to Get Ahead
" Fewer Americans believe there is "plenty of opportunity" to get ahead in America today than have said so across three previous measurement points over the last 59 years. A bare majority (52%) say the country has plenty of economic opportunity, down from 57% in 2011 and more substantially from 81% in 1998."
Trend: Some people say there's not much opportunity in America today -- that the average person doesn't have much chance to really get ahead. Others say there's plenty of opportunity and anyone who works hard can go as far as they want. Which one comes closer to the way you feel about this?

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