NYT/CBS POLL: 43% agree with Occupy Wall Street, only 27% do not. 69% say GOP favors rich.

[jefferson_dem]

Forty-three percent of Americans agree with the views of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll that found a widespread belief that money and wealth should be distributed more evenly in America.



Twenty-seven percent of Americans said they disagree with the movement, which began more than a month ago in lower Manhattan and has since spread across the country and around the world. Thirty percent said they were unsure.

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Young and left-leaning Americans were more likely to agree with the movement than were their older and more conservative counterparts. Half of Americans ages 18-29 say they agree with the movement; just one in three Americans age 65 or older say the same. And two thirds of liberals say they agree with "Occupy Wall Street" compared with just one in four conservatives.

Americans with at least some college education are more likely to agree with the movement than those with less education. Nearly half of those with at least some college education say they agree with "Occupy Wall Street"; among those who did not attend college, that figure drops to 37 percent.

Seven in ten Americans say they have heard or read at least something about "Occupy Wall Street."

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20125515-503544/poll-43-percent-agree-with-views-of-occupy-wall-street/

20. In general, do you think the policies of the Republicans in Congress favor the rich, favor the middle class, favor the poor, or do they treat all groups equally? QUESTIONS 19 AND 20 WERE ROTATED.
Favor rich Favor middle class Favor poor Treat equally DK/NA
10/19-24/11 69 9 2 15 6

http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/259646/the-new-york-times-cbs-news-poll-oct-2011.pdf

[tblue]

1. Remember the MSM is controlling the message.

Those who watch only corporate news probably have no idea what OWS is or what the 99% means. So, all in all, this is pretty good favorability.

[Pirate Smile]

2. Obama had a +7 swing - Approval 46 (43) / Disapproval 46 (50)

[Kingofalldems]

3. Kick and Rec for the 'mock and undermine' crowd

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. 57% want the rich to get off the hook?

[MISSDem]

5. How can one agree or disagree with them? Who knows what it

is that they are for or against or what it is that they want or do not want.