![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Californians making more than $80,000 per year are more likely than those at lower income levels to say that it is harder to achieve in California. This perception is most prevalent in Orange/San Diego (65%), followed by the Inland Empire (62%), the San Francisco Bay Area (56%), the Central Valley (54%), and Los Angeles (51%). However, it is noteworthy that fewer than one in five across parties, regions, and demographic groups say the American Dream is easier to achieve in California than elsewhere in the US.Ībout half or more across demographic groups say the American Dream is harder to achieve in California. To some extent, there is a wide partisan divide on this question: strong majorities of Republicans and independents say the American Dream is harder to achieve in the Golden State, compared to fewer than half of Democrats. Three in ten say it is equally difficult compared to other states, while just 13% say it is easier to achieve in California. Nearly six in ten say that the American Dream is harder to achieve in California than elsewhere in the US. Whether or not they believe in the American Dream, Californians tend to think it is especially elusive in the Golden State. And immigrants in California are 13 points more likely than US-born Californians to say the American Dream still holds true (46% to 33%). Notably, African Americans are most likely across demographic groups to say that the American Dream never held true. More than four in ten Latinos say the American Dream holds true, compared to only about one in three African Americans, Asian Americans, and whites. Across parties, Republicans are more likely than Democrats and independents to still believe in the American Dream, and the belief that the Dream holds true increases slightly with rising income. Our November PPIC Statewide Survey on Californians and Their Economic Well-Being found that a majority of Californians say that the American Dream never held true or that it no longer holds true.įewer than four in ten Californians say the American Dream-the notion that if you work hard you will get ahead-still holds true. Today, many Californians do not believe in the American Dream. ![]() While the pandemic has highlighted this trend, it has been a cause for concern for decades. Much has been written recently about California’s widening income gap. ![]()
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