Americans who are in poverty are more likely than those who are not in poverty to identify themselves as political independents — 50% vs. 40%. …
The majority of Americans in poverty approved of President Barack Obama in 2011, compared with 45% approval among those not in poverty. But those in poverty were almost twice as likely as those not in poverty to have no opinion of the job the president was doing, underscoring that Americans who are in poverty are less likely in general to be engaged in politics. [cont.]
Elizabeth Mendes and Kyley McGeeney, Gallup