Posted on 10/26/2011 8:41:49 PM PDT by LesDowrey
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.
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.
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Speaking of Brain-Dead have you seen the latest episode of the Les Dowrey Show- the one where the OWS protestors actually turn out to be Zombies?!
What happened to the other 4% that don’t pay any income taxes?
That’s because the polls are skewed, I’m sure.
I’ve seen polls like this. They ask open ended questions like, “Do you think corporations pour too much money into the political process?” Not, Do you think it is a good idea to protest and shut down inner cities in a mob for handouts?
CBS/NYT “poll”. ROTFL!!!
OWS - Obama’s Wealth Spreaders
When the MSM reports the OWS movement as “protesting corporate greed” of course the polling numbers are going to be skewed.
Yet when Obama drops down to 38% job approval rating, CBS and the rest of the networks don’t utter a word.
Well, this means the media is doing its job.
What EXACTLY did the poll question say?
Nearly everyone outside DC is pissed off about economic devastation, but where that anger is directed is the key to the point of the whole issue.
And of course, as a media insider, I am well aware polls are published to influence and not reflect, public opinion.
4%, don;t you mean 49% that pay no federal income tax
There aren’t 43% of the people who even know what their views are, let alone agree with them.
43% disagree with the bailouts. Doesn’t mean they agree with OWS.
I thought it was 47%.
The average American doesn’t even know what the views of OWS are if they get their info from the MSM
43% agree with those whom only 13% actually know why they’re protesting in the first place.
Got it. Don’t go changin’ CBS/NYT.
Which views?
The MSM has the power to paint these cretins as sympathetic individuals, when they are nothing but lawbreaking scumbags.
Of course, the US MSM won’t show one of these OWS scumbags crapping on a Police Car, but they only show what they want you to see.
How about the media show what a mess these people are making?
How about the media show these people defecating and urinating in doorsteps of businesses?
The MSM is backing the OWS movement, while they painted the TP as a bunch of racists.
Make no mistake - the MSM will have a huge influence on the next Presidential election and will efellate Obama and the OWS cretins as they have been every evening.
Funny how acting like a 5 year old child gets you 24/7 sympathetic, MSM coverage, while conducting yourselves like mature adults gets you ignored, except the part where they call you a racist.
FUBO
FUMSM
if someone asked me” do you feel that the big banks and corporations have been given favorable treatment by the govt” I would say “yes”...
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