Synthaholic
Diamond Member
Americans favor Occupy Wall Street far more than Tea Party
Despite nonstop GOP and conservative disparagement of the Wall Street protests, the most detailed polling yet on Occupy Wall Street suggests that the public holds a broadly favorable view of the movement and, crucially, the positions it holds.
Time released a new poll this morning finding that 54 percent view the Wall Street protests favorably, versus only 23 percent who think the opposite. Interestingly, only 23 percent say they dont have an opinion, suggesting the protests have succeeded in punching through to the mainstream. Also: The most populist positions espoused by Occupy Wall Street that the gap between rich and poor has grown too large; that taxes should be raised on the rich; that execs responsible for the meltdown should be prosecuted all have strong support.
Meanwhile, the poll found that only 27 percent have a favorable view of the Tea Party. My handy Plum Line calculator tells me that this amounts to half the number of those who view Occupy Wall Street favorably.
In fairness, the Tea Party has been in existence since before the 2010 elections, and even has had a seat at the governing table during the debt ceiling and government shutdown debacles, which clearly took their toll on the Tea Partys image. Occupy Wall Street is just getting started. But it does seem clear that a confluence of events the protests, Obamas jobs push, Elizabeth Warrens Senate candidacy, and the national backlash from the right all these things have provoked are pushing populist issues such as fair taxation and income inequality to the forefront of the national conversation.
It turns out we dont live in Tea Party Nation, after all.
#OccupyWallStreet #OWS
Despite nonstop GOP and conservative disparagement of the Wall Street protests, the most detailed polling yet on Occupy Wall Street suggests that the public holds a broadly favorable view of the movement and, crucially, the positions it holds.
Time released a new poll this morning finding that 54 percent view the Wall Street protests favorably, versus only 23 percent who think the opposite. Interestingly, only 23 percent say they dont have an opinion, suggesting the protests have succeeded in punching through to the mainstream. Also: The most populist positions espoused by Occupy Wall Street that the gap between rich and poor has grown too large; that taxes should be raised on the rich; that execs responsible for the meltdown should be prosecuted all have strong support.
Meanwhile, the poll found that only 27 percent have a favorable view of the Tea Party. My handy Plum Line calculator tells me that this amounts to half the number of those who view Occupy Wall Street favorably.
In fairness, the Tea Party has been in existence since before the 2010 elections, and even has had a seat at the governing table during the debt ceiling and government shutdown debacles, which clearly took their toll on the Tea Partys image. Occupy Wall Street is just getting started. But it does seem clear that a confluence of events the protests, Obamas jobs push, Elizabeth Warrens Senate candidacy, and the national backlash from the right all these things have provoked are pushing populist issues such as fair taxation and income inequality to the forefront of the national conversation.
It turns out we dont live in Tea Party Nation, after all.
#OccupyWallStreet #OWS