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You're comparing percentages, not actual numbers. A higher percentage of high earners said the US was on top but there are a lot more people who fall into the <$50k category than who fall into the >$100k one.
Using the Social Security numbers from 2023 (the latest available) there are 98,168,780 who earned less than $50,000 that year.
28% of those said the US is the best. That's 27,โ487,258 people.
Now we need to do some math to find earners over $100,000 but it works out to 25,227,310.
29% of those said the US is the best. That's 7,315,919 people.
27.5 million people vs 7.3 million. There are 4 times as many poor people who believe the US is the best country in the world as there are top earners.