>Don't Republicans own stocks? Don't Republicans work for a living?
The wording of the question, evoking Ronald Reagan, must stick in their craw.
Notice there was a big gap between black & white perceptions: "Over two-thirds (69.1%) of African-Americans said they were better off, compared with 49.3% of Hispanics, 43.5% of whites and 36.2% of Asians." What is it?, 80-90% of African Americans are Dems, so they must boost the Dem average. There's been a sharp narrowing of the black-white hourly wage gap in the last 4-5 years (details forthcoming in A New Economy?). Black poverty rates are at their lowest ever. That must have something to do with blacks' heavy support of Clinton during the impeachment, and their 90% support for Gore.
Doug