Many or most would be middle class here if you counted all the free stuff the government gives them. But by the strange accounting of the government, if they are poor they get free stuff which doesn't count when seeing if they are still poor so the Democrats say they need more stuff.
There was a recent article which stated that to match all the free stuff she gets, a single mother with some kids would have to earn $60,000 pre-tax to equal her total take on Medicare, food stamps, section 8 housing, EITC and everything else.
Thank you for the illumination, Dr. Obvious.