The rich aren’t like you and me. In public polling, the policy preferences of the top 1 percent of earners look very different than the general public’s.

The Campaign for America’s Future compared recent polling of the 1 percent, or those who have an average income of more than $1 million a year, with an averaging of public opinion polling from groups such as Gallup and Pew of Americans generally. Overall, the general public is strongly in favor of government spending on a variety of anti-poverty, educational, and jobs related initiatives while there is much more tepid support from elites. Meanwhile, the richest among us are quicker to favor deep cuts to services and programs.

When it comes to lifting people up, more than three-quarters of the general public thinks the minimum wage should be high enough that someone working full time doesn’t fall below the poverty line, but just 40 percent of the elites agree.

Nearly 90 percent of Americans think the government should spend whatever is necessary to make sure all children can go to high-quality public schools, but just over a third of the richest think so.

Nearly 80 percent of the public thinks the government should make sure […]