Joseph Sohm; Visions of America/ Getty Images(NEW YORK) In a dispiriting sign of the times, barely more than a quarter of Americans say the American dream still holds true about half as many as said so 13 years ago.
Defined as "if you work hard you ll get ahead," just 27% in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll say the American dream still holds, down sharply from 50% when the question first was asked in 2010. Eighteen percent now say it never held true, up from 4%.
The rest, 52%, say the promise used to hold true but no longer does, up 9 points. Taken together, 69% say the American dream does not hold true today, up 22 points. And that s in comparison to a poll taken in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
Although pessimism about the American dream has grown across groups, the change is sharpest among young adults. Their view that the American dream still holds true has dropped by 35 points, from 56% in 2010 to 21% now.
That compares with a 24-point decline among those ages 3
Joseph Sohm; Visions of America/ Getty Images(NEW YORK) In a dispiriting sign of the times, barely more than a quarter of Americans say the American dream still holds true about half as many as said so 13 years ago.
Defined as "if you work hard you ll get ahead," just 27% in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll say the American dream still holds, down sharply from 50% when the question first was asked in 2010. Eighteen percent now say it never held true, up from 4%.
The rest, 52%, say the promise used to hold true but no longer does, up 9 points. Taken together, 69% say the American dream does not hold true today, up 22 points. And that s in comparison to a poll taken in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
Although pessimism about the American dream has grown across groups, the change is sharpest among young adults. Their view that the American dream still holds true has dropped by 35 points, from 56% in 2010 to 21% now.
That compares with a 24-point decline among those ages 3
Joseph Sohm; Visions of America/ Getty Images(NEW YORK) In a dispiriting sign of the times, barely more than a quarter of Americans say the American dream still holds true about half as many as said so 13 years ago.
Defined as "if you work hard you ll get ahead," just 27% in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll say the American dream still holds, down sharply from 50% when the question first was asked in 2010. Eighteen percent now say it never held true, up from 4%.
The rest, 52%, say the promise used to hold true but no longer does, up 9 points. Taken together, 69% say the American dream does not hold true today, up 22 points. And that s in comparison to a poll taken in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
Although pessimism about the American dream has grown across groups, the change is sharpest among young adults. Their view that the American dream still holds true has dropped by 35 points, from 56% in 2010 to 21% now.
That compares with a 24-point decline among those ages 3
Joseph Sohm; Visions of America/ Getty Images(NEW YORK) In a dispiriting sign of the times, barely more than a quarter of Americans say the American dream still holds true about half as many as said so 13 years ago. Defined as "if you work hard .
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