Most in the Institutions Middle Class Blame Economic Congress, Financial Institutions for Economic Congress, Woes Q How much do you blame (each)for the difficulties the middle class has faced in the past 10 years?
And who’s responsible for the difficulties of the middle class? While Congress gets the most votes, with 62% assigning it “a lot” of the blame, the Pew Research report found plenty of blame to go around. The one exception: Middle-class people themselves, with just 8% assigning their own socioeconomic group “a lot” of blame, and 47% saying they weren’t to blame at all.
Most in the Institutions Middle Class Blame Economic Congress,  | Financial Institutions for Economic Congress, Woes  | Q How much do you blame (each)for the difficulties the middle class has  | faced in the past 10 years?  | IA lot  | a little  | Not at all  | Congress  | 62  | 29  | Banks and institutions financia  | 54  | 32  | 12  | and institutions financia  | Large corporations  | 47  | 33  | 17  | The Bush  | 44  | 35  | 18  | administration  | Foreign  | 39  | 41  | 15  | competition  | administration The Obama  | 34  | 37  | 26  | administration  | Middle-class themselves  | 8  | 42  | 47  | people themselves  | Notes: Based on subsample ofself-described middle-class respondents ofliving, who say it's  | n=1,093. more difficult' Based Don 't today know/Refused than 10 years ago to maintain shown. theirstandard ofliving,  | n=1,093. more difficult' Don 't today know/Refused than 10 years responses ago to maintain not shown. theirstandard  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER July 16-26, 2012 