May 10-13, 2012: Gallup/USA Today Poll—Nationwide poll on Americans۪ perceptions of the opportunities available to poor people.
(Now here are some questions about whether you are satisfied or dissatisfied with various things about America today.) Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with…the opportunity for a poor person in this nation to get ahead by working hard?
50% Satisfied
48% Dissatisfied
3% No opinion
Survey by USA Today. Methodology: Conducted by Gallup Organization, May 10 – May 13,2012 and based on 1,012 telephone interviews. Sample: National adult.Interviews were conducted with respondents on landline telephones for respondents with a landline telephone, and cellular phones for respondents whoare cell phone only. [USGALLUP.12MA010.R01B]
Formal Citation
Gallup/USA Today Poll, May, 2012. Retrieved Jun-13-2012 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html