The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 62% of likely voters believe American society is fair and decent. Twenty-eight percent (28%) of voters disagree and find it unfair and discriminatory.

These results are similar to those found last month, when 60% felt society was fair and decent.

As in last month’s survey, there were significant differences in opinion between different partisan and demographic groups. While 84% of Republicans said they felt society is fair and decent, only 49% of Democrats agreed. On the other side, only 9% of Republicans see society as unfair and discriminatory and 41% of democrats hold that view.

Sixty-seven percent (67%) of white voters think society is fair and decent, but 64% of black voters take the opposite view.

There is also a significant ideological divide on this question. The overwhelming majority of conservatives (70%) view society as fair and decent while only 20% take the opposite view. Liberals are more evenly split on the matter—53% of them believe think society is fair and decent while 37% say it is unfair and discriminatory.

The Rasmussen Reports tracking survey measures underlying attitudes on a variety of benchmark topics approximately once a month. Since Election 2006, the overall percentage of voters who view American society as fair and decent has ranged from a low of 54% to a high of 61% (see tracking history).

The survey also found that 43% of voters feel America’s best days have come and gone, while 38% say they are still to come.

Eighty-two percent (82%) of voters in the same survey feel that people who move to America from other countries should adopt the culture, while only 10% think they should maintain their home culture.

The majority of voters in the survey are in favor of less government involvement, with 62% preferring fewer services with lower taxes. Less than a quarter (24%) chose the opposite view and feel that more government services with higher taxes is more beneficial.

In terms of foreign relations, a quarter of Americans (25%) think the United States should do what its allies want, while the plurality (43%) feel our allies should do what the U.S. wants. Another quarter agree with neither choice.

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