52 percent of people surveyed said Romney's policies would favor the rich. Exit poll: Mitt favors rich

Voters think Mitt Romney favors the wealthy, while President Obama’s policies are more likely to help the middle class, according to early exit polling released Tuesday evening.

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Forty-three percent of those surveyed said Obama’s policies favor the middle class, compared with 10 percent who said they favor the rich, and 31 percent who said his policies favor the poor.

For Romney, those numbers were flipped: 36 percent said his policies would favor the middle class, compared with 52 percent who said they’d favor the rich and just 2 percent who said Romney’s policies would favor the poor.

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Both campaigns have focused on the middle class throughout the general election, and much of the Obama campaign’s advertising argued that Romney would hurt the middle class and provide tax cuts for the rich.