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From: Dale Baker	12/21/2005 7:19:01 AM
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Disturbing trend in WSJ poll: Americans Feel More Alienated Americans feel significantly more alienated this year, according to a recent Harris poll, with three-quarters of U.S. adults saying they feel the "rich get richer and the poor get poorer," up from 68% in 2004. The poll, which at this time each year since 1966 has been tracking replies to five questions designed to measure feelings of powerlessness and isolation in the U.S., also shows an increase in other measures of alienation. About 60% of those surveyed in the nationwide telephone poll of 1,011 adults believe that "most people with power try to take advantage of people like you," up sharply from 53% in 2004. More than half of those polled say they tend to feel "people running the country don't really care what happens" to them, up from 44% last year.

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