This statistic shows the results of a 2012 survey among American Republicans and Democrats on how they characterize the rich compared to the average person. In 2012, 49 percent of the respondents who were Republican stated they consider rich people more likely than the average person to be intelligent, whereas 33 percent of the respondents who were Democrats responded that rich people were more likely than the average person to be hardworking.
Republicans and Democrats: Compared to the average person, how would you characterize rich people? (United States, 2012)
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Pew Research Center. (August 27, 2012). Republicans and Democrats: Compared to the average person, how would you characterize rich people? (United States, 2012) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/241870/thoughts-of-us-republicans-and-democrats-on-rich-americans/
Pew Research Center. "Republicans and Democrats: Compared to the average person, how would you characterize rich people? (United States, 2012)." Chart. August 27, 2012. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241870/thoughts-of-us-republicans-and-democrats-on-rich-americans/
Pew Research Center. (2012). Republicans and Democrats: Compared to the average person, how would you characterize rich people? (United States, 2012). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241870/thoughts-of-us-republicans-and-democrats-on-rich-americans/
Pew Research Center. "Republicans and Democrats: Compared to The Average Person, How Would You Characterize Rich People? (United States, 2012)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Aug 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/241870/thoughts-of-us-republicans-and-democrats-on-rich-americans/
Pew Research Center, Republicans and Democrats: Compared to the average person, how would you characterize rich people? (United States, 2012) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/241870/thoughts-of-us-republicans-and-democrats-on-rich-americans/ (last visited May 13, 2024)
Republicans and Democrats: Compared to the average person, how would you characterize rich people? (United States, 2012) [Graph], Pew Research Center, August 27, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/241870/thoughts-of-us-republicans-and-democrats-on-rich-americans/