TIME Poll - Majority supports OWS-- majority of Republicans too. Twice the support of the TeaBaggers

[underpants]

But New Poll Shows 54 Percent Of Americans Have Favorable Views Of Protesters
Time Poll Finds That 54 Percent Of Public Has "Very Favorable" Or "Somewhat Favorable" Views Of Protesters. An October 9-10 poll published by Time magazine shows that 25 percent of those polled have a "very favorable" view and 29 percent had "somewhat favorable views" of the protesters "gathering on Wall Street in New York City and some other cities." A post about the poll on Time's blog Swampland stated:

A closer look at the poll's cross-tabs provides a fuller picture of the movement's diverse support. Occupy Wall Street enjoys majority backing among men (57%) and women (51%), young (60% of respondents 18 to 34) and old (51%). Self-identified Democrats, unsurprisingly, comprise the left-leaning movement's largest bloc, with 66% professing support. But more than half of independents (55%) harbor favorable views of the protesters, as do a third of Republicans.

Time: "Twice As Many Respondents (54%) Have A Favorable Impression Of The Eclectic Band Massing In Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park Than Of ." The Swampland post also noted:

One of the juicier nuggets in TIME's wide-ranging new poll is that voters are embracing the Occupy Wall Street movement as they sour on the Tea Party. Twice as many respondents (54%) have a favorable impression of the eclectic band massing in lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park than of the conservative movement that has, after two years, become a staple of the American political scene.

And Poll Shows Even Larger Majorities Support Protesters' Objectives
Time Poll Finds More Than Two-Thirds Of Respondents Support Most Of The Protesters' Objectives -- Including Majorities Of Republicans. From the Swampland post:

As the movement has snowballed, it has become -- as the Tea Party did -- the subject of sneers from opponents bent on undermining its objectives and minimizing its influence. Like the Tea Party, it benefits in its incipient stages by venting a broad array of common frustrations. Many of these are vague enough that even Republicans can co-sign them. Of the respondents in TIME's poll familiar with the protests, 86% -- including 77% of Republicans -- agree with the movement's contention that Wall Street and its proxies in Washington exert too much influence over the political process. More than 70%, and 65% of Republicans, think the financial chieftains responsible for dragging the U.S. economy to the brink of implosion in the fall of 2008 should be prosecuted. Other questions reveal a sharper split along partisan lines but nonetheless reveal the strength of economic populism. Nearly 80% of respondents (96% of Democrats and 56% of Republicans) think the class chasm between rich and poor has grown too large, and 68%, including 40% of Republicans, say the affluent should pay more taxes.

http://mediamatters.org/research/201110140010

[gordianot]

1. Few of the Republicans who agree would be able to voice how their party is complicit.

The top 15% believes they are the top 1% and are too often incapable of discerning the difference.

[OHdem10]

2. This is why the Republicans in DC are in such a twit. and keep

saying the The Democratic Party should not embrace the OWS.

[Douglas Carpenter]

3. considering all the negative publicity for OWS and all the fawning attention given to the Tea Party

in its early stages - this is quite amazing...but really not surprising when one thinks about it.

[underpants]

4. It is surprising

As I posted before - it is about TIME (not the magazine). People respect that these "kids" are putting in the time while the TeaBaggers showed up at town hall meetings and maybe spent two hours at a national park in the middle of the day and then went home. People can't help but respect people who are willing to really commit.

[Quantess]

5. Uh oh....

That's bad news for the corporate media! Their negative spin failed.