Survey: US Elites Glaringly out of Step With Others

There's a glaring gap between the richest Americans' view of the nation and the landscape for everyone else who gets hammered with policies they neither approved nor want, a survey shows.

The polling by Scott Rasmussen for the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, divided elites — those with at least one postgraduate degree, who earn more than $150,000, and live in ZIP codes where the population density exceeds 10,000 per square mile — and the general public.

The survey also broke out responses of elites who graduated from a few prestigious private universities, including members of the Ivy League, Duke, Stanford, and Northwestern — "super elites," the New York Post noted, which first reported the survey results.

Survey results:

• 74% of elites and 88% of super elites say they are financially better off today than in the past; 20% of the rest of Americans agree while 40% say their financial situation is worsening.
• 73% of elites consider themselves Democrats, with 84% approving of President Joe Biden's term in office.
• 77% of elites and 89% of super elites support the "strict rationing of meat, gas, and electricity."
• 67% of elites say teachers and other educational professionals should decide what children are taught rather than letting parents decide.
• 72% of elites and 81% of super elites would ban the use of gas-powered cars.
• 55% of elites and 70% of super elites would prevent Americans from engaging in "non-essential" air travel.
• 47% of elites and and 55% of super elites believe the government affords Americans "too much freedom," while 70% of elites — twice the number of average Americans — and 89% of super elites said they trust the government to do the right thing.

"It is important to note that not all members of the elites are elitists," the Committee to Unleash Prosperity wrote in its summary of the poll. "Still, given the influence they yield, the overall views of the Elites represent an existential threat to America's founding ideals of freedom, equality, and self-governance."

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