As recently as 2008, 63 per cent of Americans identified as upper middle or middle class. That has fallen to 51 per cent. Meanwhile, the share of Americans who self-identify as “working and lower class”, according to Gallup, has risen from 35 per cent to 48 per cent since 2008.
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The Clintons earned more than $25m in speaking fees since the beginning of 2014
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Leftwing politicians are in electoral retreat across most of the western world. The one exception is the United States.
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