The Harris Poll Alienation index derives from the average number of people who agree that:
- The rich get richer and the poor get poorer
- What you think doesn’t count very much anymore
- The people running the country don’t really care what happens to you
- Most people in power try to take advantage of people like you
- You’re left out of things going on around you
Read the Time article.
The guy in Tucson who shot his congresswomen scored 100 percent alienation.