Gallup: Fewer Americans Identify as Middle Class

From Gallup, a sense things are not as good as they can be.  PB
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From Gallup.com:

Americans are considerably less likely now than they were in 2008 and years prior to identify themselves as middle class or upper-middle class, while the percentage putting themselves in the working or lower class has risen.

Currently, 51% (down from 60% in the year 2000) of Americans say they are middle class or upper-middle class, while 48% (up from 33% in the year 2000) say they are lower class or working class...

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Link: http://www.gallup.com/poll/182918/fewer-americans-identify-middle-class-recent-years.aspx?