"[I]n a recent survey of a range of individuals across the political spectrum, an overwhelming number of those surveyed stated that they would prefer to live in a society that had a more even distribution of wealth than that found in the U.S., and most participants underestimated the degree of wealth disparity in the U.S. Moreover, the survey participants were asked to choose between two hypothetical societies, with different levels of wealth inequality. What they did not know was that they were essentially being asked to choose between Sweden and the U.S. in terms of wealth distribution. Across the political spectrum, an overwhelming number of survey participants — 92 percent —chose Sweden over the U.S., and even study participants who voted for George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election still preferred Sweden to the U.S. by a margin of 9-1."