Occupy Wall Street vs The Tea Party
Time refuses to release the actual details of their poll: ie what percent were Independents, Republicans, Democrats, etc. But you can get a pretty good estimate looking at the questions. The poll asked 42% who were Democrat and 31% who were GOP and even fewer independents. The outcome was predetermined. The poll has 35% more Democrats than Republicans, even though more Republicans voted in the last two elections, substantially more Democrats were polled.
So 93% of the respondents are not a member or follower of the Tea Pary and they STILL got a 34% positive impact. Seems pretty good to me.
Q10. DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A MEMBER OR FOLLOWER OF THE TEA PARTY, OR NOT?
YES 6%
NO 93%
NO ANSWER/ DON’T KNOW 1%
Q11. IN THE PAST FEW DAYS, A GROUP OF PROTESTORS HAS BEEN GATHERING ON WALL STREET IN NEW YORK CITY AND SOME OTHER CITIES TO PROTEST POLICIES WHICH THEY SAY FAVOR THE RICH, THE GOVERNMENT’S BANK BAILOUT, AND THE INFLUENCE OF MONEY IN OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM. IS YOUR OPINION OF THESE PROTESTS VERY FAVORABLE, SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE, SOMEWHAT UNFAVORABLE, VERY UNFAVORABLE, OR DON’T YOU KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE PROTESTS TO HAVE AN OPINION?
VERY FAVORABLE 25%
SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE 29%
SOMEWHAT UNFAVORABLE 10%
VERY UNFAVORABLE 13%
DON’T KNOW ENOUGH 23%
NO ANSWER/DON’T KNOW 1%
A TIME poll taken on October 9 and 10, with a base of 1,001 people, has turned up some interesting results about how Americans view the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street.
When asked for their view of the Tea Party, 27% of the respondents went with favorable, while 33% said it was unfavorable. When asked about the Occupy Wall Street movement, 54% looked at it as favorable, while 23% viewed it as unfavorable. In short, twice as many respondents viewed OWS as the favorable movement.
Digging even deeper into the numbers, the Tea Party was more hated (24% “very unfavorable” to OWS’ 13% “very unfavorable”), while OWS was more readily embraced (25% “very favorable” against the Tea Party’s 8% “very favorable”).
Protests against widening income disparity are planned across the Asia-Pacific region today as demonstrators organizing via social media from Tokyo to Sydney join London in the Occupy Wall Street movement.
The rallies that began Sept. 17 in New York have already migrated across the U.S. to cities including Denver, Boston and San Francisco. The largest gatherings today are planned in London and Australia, according to organizers, who are hoping to harness networking sites such as Facebook to attract thousands.
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