Banks, Corporations, the Wealthy Widely Viewed as Benefiting from Gov't Policies Since Recession % saying government economic policies since the recession have helped each...
The public makes sharp distinctions about which groups have benefited – and which have not – from the economic policies the government has put in place since the start of the recession. Majorities say that large banks, large corporations and the wealthy have been helped a great deal or a fair amount by government policies.
By contrast, 72% say that, in general, the government’s policies since the recession have done little or nothing to help middle class people, and nearly as many say they have provided little or no help for small businesses (68%) and the poor (65%).
Banks, Corporations, the Wealthy Widely Viewed as  | Benefiting from Gov't Policies Since Recession  | % saying government economic policies since the recession have helped  | each...  | Great deal Fair amount Not too much/ Not at all DK  | Large banks &  | 45  | 26  | 23  | financial institutions  | Large corporations  | 38  | 29  | 28  | Wea althy people  | 36  | 30  | 29  | Poor people  | 10  | 22  | 65  | Small businesses  | 21  | 68  | Middle class people  | 21  | 72  | Survey conducted Feb 18-22, 2015 Figures may notadd to 100% because ofrounding  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 