Group Conflicts conflicts %who say there are *very strong" or "strong conflicts say between... Blacks and
The survey found that 58% of adults say there are “very strong” or “strong” conflicts in our society between the rich and the poor, down from the 66% who said the same in a December 2011 survey.
Similarly, 55% of adults said there were very strong or strong conflicts between immigrants and the native born, down from the 62% in late 2011.
At the same time, a larger share of the public saw major partisan conflict (81%) between Republicans and Democrats than saw similarly large disputes between rich and poor (58%), immigrants and native born (55%), blacks and whites (39%) or the old and the young (29%).
Group Conflicts  | conflicts %who say there are *very strong" or "strong  | conflicts say between...  | m2012  | 2011  | 58  | Poor people and  | rich people  | 66  | Immigrants and  | 55  | people born in  | 62  | the U.S.  | 39  | Blacks and  | whites  | 38  | 29  | Young older people  | and Young older people people  | 34  | Republicans and  | 81  | Republicans Democrats*  | Question was not asked in2011  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER  | Q5a-e, Q6a-d 