TIPP Poll Asks: Does America Have A Two-Tier Justice System?

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Many Americans, mostly in the center and right, believe they are treated unfairly by the media and the law.

Americans fervently believe in equal justice for all, not just under law but within public institutions such as the media as well, polls in recent years have shown. And yet, one recent poll leads to a disturbing conclusion: That America is increasingly turning into a two-tiered system of justice based on politics and beliefs.

The Golden/TIPP Poll (TIPP is also Issues & Insights' polling partner) asked 1,310 voters online this summer the following question: "Generally speaking, do you agree or disagree with the statement: "There is a two-tiered system of justice in America depending on your political affiliation and ideology?"

The results of the poll, which had a margin of error of +/-2.8 percentage points, were lopsided: 63% agreed either "strongly" (28%) or "somewhat" (35%) that America is moving toward a two-tiered system of justice. Just 17% said they either disagreed "somewhat" (11%) or "strongly" (6%). (Numbers may not add up perfectly due to rounding of the data).