Which Political Party Looks Out for the Middle Class?

America’s middle class is now smaller than its upper and lower economic classes combined. And it’s not just that the middle class has contracted—its share of aggregate income has also plunged dramatically since 1970. Almost half of the country’s total income now goes to the upper classes.

To revive this pillar of the American economy, presidential hopefuls have offered their disparate solutions. But the American people aren’t so sure that politicians from either party are really looking out for middle-class interests, a national survey conducted by the Pew Research Center shows.