POLL: OWS 54% favorable, 23% unfavorable. Tea Party 27% favorable 33% unfavorable.

[jefferson_dem]

Topline Results of Oct. 9-10, 2011, TIME Poll
TIME MAGAZINE/ABT SRBI – October 9- 10, 2011 Survey
BASE=1,001 Adults Except Where Noted

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Q8. ON ANOTHER ISSUE, IS YOUR OPINION OF THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT VERY FAVORABLE, SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE, SOMEWHAT UNFAVORABLE, VERY UNFAVORABLE, OR DON’T YOU KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE TEA PARTY TO HAVE AN OPINION?

VERY FAVORABLE 8%

SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE 19%

SOMEWHAT UNFAVORABLE 9%

VERY UNFAVORABLE 24%

DON’T KNOW ENOUGH 39%

NO ANSWER/DON’T KNOW 1%

Q9. HAS THE THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON AMERICAN POLITICS TODAY, A NEGATIVE IMPACT, OR HAS IT HAD LITTLE IMPACT?

BASE: FAMILIAR WITH TEA PARTY (669)

POSITIVE IMPACT 34%

NEGATIVE IMPACT 40%

LITTLE IMPACT 25%

NO ANSWER/DON’T KNOW 2%

Q10. DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A MEMBER OR FOLLOWER OF THE TEA PARTY, OR NOT?

BASE: FAMILIAR WITH TEA PARTY (669)

YES 11%

NO 88%

NO ANSWER/ DON’T KNOW 1%

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%

Q12. DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THAT POSITION?

A. WALL STREET AND ITS LOBBYISTS HAVE TOO MUCH INFLUENCE IN WASHINGTON

BASE: FAMILIAR WITH PROTESTS (787)

AGREE 86%

DISAGREE 11%

NO ANSWER/DON’T KNOW 4%

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http://swampland.time.com/full-results-of-oct-9-10-2011-time-poll/

[Inuca]

1. Just saw this

on the Greg Sargent's WP blog http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/the-morning-plum/2011/10/13/gIQAULRHhL_blog.html. Also from there

* Why Dems are making an issue out of the Tea Party: The above poll also finds that a plurality of Americans, 40 percent, say the Tea Party has had a negative impact on our politics, which helps explain why Dem messaging chief Chuch Schumer is debuting terms like “Tea Party economics” and “Tea Party gridlock.”

The Dem strategy of using the Tea Party to paint the GOP as hostage to extremists failed miserably in 2010. But Dems are hoping things will be different this time, now that the public has gotten to see what happens when the Tea Party has a hand in governing.

* The public really likes the Obama jobs policies that the GOP blocked: The internals of the NBC/WSJ poll are now up online. Check out this bit:

The jobs bill would cut the payroll tax rate, fund new road construction, continue to extend unemployment benefits, and give tax credits to companies who hire and train long-term unemployed workers. The plan would be paid for by increasing taxes on the wealthy and increasing taxes on businesses by closing some corporate tax loopholes. Do you favor or oppose this plan?
Favor 63
Oppose 32
If you want to know why the White House and Dems will continue pushing for votes on the jobs bill’s provisions, despite the near-certainty that Republicans will continue opposing them, there’s your answer.

[uponit7771]

2. Yeap, less and less people were able to relate to baggers more and more people will be able to...

...relate to 99%