New Poll: Do Americans Now Dissaprove of Occupy Wall St?
- Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:52pm by
Becket Adams
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Quinnipiac University is well known for conducting polls that are regularly featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal.
Recently, they conducted a poll that, contrary to the common narrative, reveals more voters disapprove of the Occupy Wherever movement than support it.
“Just 30 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the protests, while 39 percent do not,” reports Business Insider. “Among independent voters, the spread is 29-42 against — a warning sign for Democrats who are trying to bring the movement into the mainstream.”
This shows a marked change from a recent CNN poll that claimed “32 percent of Americans supported the movement, while 29 percent viewed it unfavorably.”
As always, whenever these polls come along, it may be prudent to take the results with a grain of salt.
As written earlier on The Blaze:
Polls are not definitive by any means and usually only give a rough picture. In fact, there are several problems that need to be considered before one accepts the results of any poll. For example, there may be a problem with the sample design (for telephone surveys, how the numbers were selected and how the individuals are selected within the household), non-availability, the refusal problem (is the refusal rate different on the particular variable we are measuring?), question wording, question order, deliberate, or unconscious, lying or false reporting by respondents, or inappropriate or inadequate weighing of data.
All of these variables have been shown in various studies to be the source of not just small errors but sometimes quite substantial ones. Unfortunately, there are not many methods that allow one to quantify the effects of these errors or to validate the results within any kind of reasonable measure. Out of everything that can go wrong in a survey, only the “sampling error” can be quantified.
So what methods did Quinnipiac use?
According to their survey:
From October 25 – 31, Quinnipiac University surveyed 2,294 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.1 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones.
Therefore, the Quinnipiac poll may have some of the aforementioned survey errors. Nevertheless, the results are intriguing (to say the least).
“Support for the Occupy Wall Street movement appears to fall along one cultural line — college graduates have positive views of the movement almost as much as they have negative views, by a 38-42 margin,” writes Business Insider. “Among those without a college degree, 26 percent support the movement, while 37 percent oppose.”
The survey also claims that support for the Occupy movement is almost identical to the support for the tea party movement at nearly identical 31 percent–although, according to the survey, 45 percent of Americans have an “unfavorable view” of the tea party movement.
Furthermore, the survey found that respondents without college degrees are “less likely to hold unfavorable views of the tea party (39 percent unfavorable) than college graduates (57 percent).”
Shocker.
Other findings include:
- 59 – 32 percent [believe] immigration reform should primarily move towards stronger enforcement rather than integrating illegal immigrants into U.S. society
- American voters were split 45 – 44 percent on whether the U.S. did the right thing using military force in Libya. A total of 54 percent give President Obama “a lot” or “some” credit for bringing down Gadhafi.
- 60 percent of respondents disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy
- 61 percent of respondents approve of the way Barack Obama is handling the situation in Iraq
- 62 percent of respondents disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling creating jobs
See the poll here: November 3, 2011 – U.S. Voters Say Super Committee Will Fail To Cut Debt, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Occupy Wall Street Less Unpopular Than Tea Party
[Author's note: it might be useful to point out the the title of the survey seems biased. Rather than titling the report in such a way as to reflect the waning support for OWS, the authors thought it better to say, "Hey, well at least it's not as unpopular as the tea party!"]
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Comments (87)
klg1956
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 2:44amWhen did America approve anytime of occupy Wall Street? The only people pushing this has been the media, gleefully, and so they are probably “the Americans” that approve of it…..but then when did the media ever agree with America?
Report Post »piper60
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 4:14amamen.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 4:36amYOU MIGHT be in favor of OWS … IF…
you are a yeasty unwashed hippie
Report Post »you are a rapist
you are an exhibitionist pervert
you poop in public
you like drum circles
you want free stuff
you smoke pot
you are covered with facial peircings, brandings, or “body modifications”
you are George Soros
you are a communist
you believe Christopher Columbus was an evil man
you are a member of the E.L.F.
you enjoy sex with random strangers on the sidewalk wrapped in a tarp
you can recite Marilyn Manson songs from memory
you are a nazi
you belong to a union
you pretend for a living
you think America has 57 states
you are an arsonist
you own a Guy Fawkes mask (but you call it V for Vendetta, yo)
you wiggle your fingers when you really really like something
you own a Che t-shirt
you are fan of the Colbert Report
biohazard23
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 5:17amAdded to the list:
you’re a trust fund baby
Report Post »you detest feeding the homeless and other “vagrant-types”
you hate the police
you become a crime victim then DEMAND the police help you ASAP
you wear patchouli
you’re a Druid
you think being called a Keynesian is the same as being called a Kenyan
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/stewartcolbert-rally-goers-obama-is-not-a-keynesian-hes-an-american/
you’re down with “becoming one” with a dead animal carcass
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/disturbing-oregon-woman-filmed-crawling-naked-inside-horse-carcass/
you think Jon Stewart is brilliant
you think Rosie O’Donnell is smart
demint.disciple
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 7:28am30 % ?? That much huh ? Tought it would be around , well—– Zero to be truthful.. I can’t understand how any American in their right mind likes rioting in our streets.
Report Post »TX_45_ACP
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 9:53amOWS Exposed – http://www.owsexposed.com/ – Interesting site.
Report Post »kmichaels
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 11:13amBy the numbers:
19% of USA are liberally minded.
The majority of the MSM are liberals.
Democrat politicians have to suck up to their liberal base.
Liberal hollywood will gladly suck up to their liberal base.
A certain percentage of US citizens will never get it.
So the numbers are about right.
Report Post »Closetvoter
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 2:48pmYou’re correct.
Report Post »Closetvoter
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 2:52pmYou’re correct. The 99% are the non-protestors and 1% are the protestors. It‘s clear that the protestor’s end-game is Marist in theory and are utilizing S.Alinsky tactics coupled with Piven’s philosphy.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 3:49pmAnd the last excuse these morally and intellectually bankrupt OWSers had starts to fall away. The media kept trying to put lipstick on their OWS pig….but it just can’t help being a pig. Critics of the OWSers kept saying that it would degenerate in to violence…this week they were vindicated. It will only get worse for OWS from here. One positive aspect though is all the democrats who’ve latched onto the stinky OWSers will now have to explain themselves come election time.
Report Post »jhrusky
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 5:28pmSome of the occupy protesters have mystified me a bit …
Unions… .why would union members join the occupy movement? I mean, these occupy dimwits want banks and Wall Street to fail … they want to shut them down, reboot the system. But, if banks and Wall Street fail, will not their retirements, 401Ks, stocks, options also fail? Will they not lose everything they’ve worked for? Are union members really THAT stupid that they cannot see what they are asking for will bit them in their own arse and hard?
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:51pmWhen did Americans decide that only their side is Constitutional and worth supporting? Whether you agree with their ideas or not is immaterial to their right to peaceful protest. So, yes, 30% of Americans are thinking correctly. Which leaves you in which camp?
Report Post »Oh, wait- you’ve already said their Constitutional Rights are not valid. My oops. No need to ask what you think.
Why aren’t you among them handing out copies of the Constitution and explaining to them why they are protesting for the wrong reasons? or are you just going to complain because their thinking is wrong?
TH30PH1LUS
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 11:35pm@ WOLF
WOLF wrote: “Whether you agree with their ideas or not is immaterial to their right to peaceful protest.”
Can explain to me how rape, public defacation, and destruction of property is “peaceful”?
Report Post »Balpit
Posted on November 6, 2011 at 9:01pm@ TH30PH1LUS
I got the rest of the things on your “You might be in favor of OWS” list, but I don’t quite get the reciting songs from memory part. Is it a reference to Michael Moore’s defending of him, or something else?
Report Post »HeidiLynnHagen
Posted on November 7, 2011 at 12:54pmoh but remember they are the “99%” who are just representing us COMPLETELY peacefully. nothing to see here people. move along.
Report Post »Velkro
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 2:20amWell, 100% of everyone I talk to think the Occupy people are nothing more than a bunch of whiny, disgraceful, disrespectful, dirty people who happen to have a bad run of luck like many of us throughout our lives. Instead of learning from their experiences or working harder to turn their luck around, they would rather sit in their own filth, complain that life isn’t fair, and demand that the hard work of others pays for their lifestyles.
Report Post »investlite
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 3:50amI think 99% of people i know/talk to think they’re lazy retards and the other 1% think they have some good concerns. that 1% doesn‘t pay attention to what they’re doing though….
Report Post »Steve
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 2:03amWhich side are you on?
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 5:32pmI’m on the side of the Constitution, Steve.
Report Post »Regardless their illogic reasons, they have the right to be there protesting whatever they desire. In fact, I think there should be hundreds of those who disapprove this activity to be out there explaining in Constitutional terms why these people are wrong in their demands and handing out copies of the Declaration of Independance, the Constitution and Bill of Rights to every person protesting.
Seriously: they obviously didn’t learn in school why they are expected to work and not be given everything, so it’s up to those who know to explain it to them.
Steve
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 2:02amSide B
Report Post »Eliminate Excessive Taxes
Simplify the tax system
Eliminate the National Debt
Demand a balanced federal budget
Eliminate Deficit Spending
Audit federal government agencies for waste and constitutionality
Protect Free Markets
Reject emissions trading
Pass an ‘All-of-the-Above’ Energy Policy
Abide by the Constitution of the United States
Identify constitutionality of every new law
Repeal the healthcare legislation passed on March 23, 2010
Promote Civic Responsibility
Returning political power to the states and the people
Reduce the Overall Size of Government
Limit annual grgrowth in federal spending
Avoid the Pitfalls of Politics
Reduce Earmarks
pamela kay
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 2:50amI am with you on all of the above! As far as the OWS go I think reality has started to set in and allot of people are afraid of the violence. When they hear the insane comments spewing out of the protesters mouths and see their destructive , filthy,and violent behavior coming out of these people , hard working Americans just do not like it. The repubs need to seize this opportunity as an example of the progressive agenda and what it means to our way of life. Many people are already nervous after listening to the last several speeches of our president who is calling for violence and seems to be dividing the races. This is not working for the dems. When the list of supporters grows and the players are known it has forced more people to stop and think. They have to face some cold hard facts and they have to start paying more attention.
Report Post »Arizona Don
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 3:34amYou forgot at least one. Outlaw lobbyist. We don’t have anyone lobbying for us.
Report Post »piper60
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 4:16amAmen, I’m with you on this as well. I don‘t know when we’ll get a politician with the gin ads to pass these, though.
Report Post »dlassley
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 6:33amamen
Report Post »californiapatriotmom
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 1:00pmSounds great! Let’s roll!
Report Post »bruce_baker
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 4:48pmOne major point you forgot: demand accountability from our elected representatives about whom they received campaign contributions from, with an eye toward holding them accountable when votes over issues that concern those contributors come up.
Congress’ approval ratings from the voting public is headed for the single digits. I wonder what their approval rating is among their bosses, those that paid the money that got them elected? Undoubtedly a lot higher, because Congress is great about supporting THEM!!!
Report Post »Steve
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 2:02amSide A
Report Post »Restoration of the living wage
Institute a universal single payer healthcare system..
Guaranteed living wage income regardless of employment.
Free college education. paid for by all Americans
Begin a fast track process to bring the fossil fuel economy to an end
One trillion dollars in infrastructure
One trillion dollars in ecological restoration
Racial and gender equal rights amendment.
Open borders migration. anyone can travel anywhere to work and live
Bring American elections up to international standards
Immediate across the board debt forgiveness for all. Debt forgiveness
Outlaw all credit reporting agencies.
Allow all workers to sign a ballot at any time during a union organizing campaign or at any time that represents their yeah or nay to having a union represent them in collective bargaining or to form a union.
Walkabout
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 3:53am“Outlaw all credit reporting agencies”
That would mean outlawing free speech. If someone never paid back a loan, the first time second time or any time, you can’t tell anyone? Or can’t get paid for telling a group of people (a bank) or a private citizen that so & so never paid back someone else after borrowing money?
We won’t have western style banking if OWS get s their way.
Instead we will have the Mob, La Casa Nostra, filling it.
Or the Muslim way of banking. Ya that will be better. OWS knows not what it asking for.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 3:55amOutlaw all credit reporting agencies.
I borrowed $7k from my old man a while back & paid him back.
According to OWS ethics, if I hadn’t paid him back, he could tell know one about it, because that would be credit reporting (credit reporting on a small scale, but still credit reporting).
Does OWS seem sane to you?
Report Post »mtcountrygrl
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 3:28pmStupid to the extreme!!! Why would anyone work if they got a “living wage” regardless of employment. I think I will collect my “living wage” and go fishing. LOL This is the exact recipe for economic ruin
Report Post »bruce_baker
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 4:50pmYou forgot government subsidized breakfast in bed, and having the letter “R” removed from the English language.
Report Post »WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges03
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 1:53am“Just 30 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the protests…”
LOL! That polled 30% are a 100% of “The 99%” Democrat-Liberal-Progressive-Socialist commies in America. Meaning EVERYONE ELSE in America is NOT with them!
Well, what do you know? They haven’t convinced anyone! But they have exposed themselves, and that’s important — to awaken a part of America who are politically sleeping or disinterested.
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 1:36amBefore the violence in Oakland, CNN had a special “Occupy” section and ran such insipid articles as “A day in the life of a Wall Street protester.” Now, articles about the riots in Oakland are conspicuously missing. The only article there at this moment is a soft news story titled “How Occupy Oakland Is Stealing Occupy Wall Street’s Mojo.” Really? Arson, destruction of property and riot-like mayhem is now dismissed as “mojo?” What frauds and charlatans! I’m much more against media propaganda than corporate greed.
Report Post »heyjim55
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 1:33amPolls don’t mean anything to me you can go to San Fransisco and ask a question about OWS and get a favorable answer or you could go to a part of New York where the OWS occupiers are crapping and peeing in front of and on police cars and apartments buildings and get a opposite answer. However most people don‘t like protesting regardless of what it’s for, we have been conditioned to dislike it because they Left has done so much of it. Just like the term racist has been used so much that it does not carry the same weight it once did. But if these people start burning down homes and businesses and attacking innocent people around the country you won’t need a poll to know how Americans feel about it you will see it for yourself just by looking out your window.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 1:31amSo see we are NOT the 99%.. they lie! God help us!.
Report Post »Laus Deo
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 1:30amI would like to suggest something to the useful idiots:
Occupy Oncoming Traffic.
Report Post »RationalMan
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 1:02amHmmm, how many % knew what they’re protesting about???
And these “Mindless Robots” have a phony degrees?
Sad for America!!! : (
Report Post »Skrewedretiree
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 1:00amSo, what, it’s news that most hard-working or retired from hard work Americans don’t approve of a bunch of neo-hippie communists rampaging in an orgy of anarchism in our cities? Who’da thunk it?
Report Post »Dave In Arizona
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:57amI wonder how much of Obama’s stimulus money these clowns received?
Report Post »Californiasodbuster
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:52amOh my, Quinnipiac polls in bed with the new york times, and the elite of new york are tired of stepping in human excrement , and smelling urine on their front porch, breath through your mouth then.
Report Post »Poll the real United States, the 99% are tired of your bull sh;t, i hope you all wallow in your own sh;t real soon.
SHOESHINEBOY
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:27amJust 30 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the protests 30% equals…Teachers Unions, SEIU, Communists, Socialists, and a Majority of the Demo’s in the House, Senate, and WH. oh..and MSNBC
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:34amUh, you forgot Keith Olberman, Rosie O’Donnell and Al Gore. Their feelings are hurt. Still waiting to hear back from Roseann Barr.
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:24amthat is because the people are starting to see this is not just sporadic it is a push toward chaos, when you start to see the communist comming out from under their rocks joining with the raical muslins I would say trouble is just around the corner, these radicals are 99% rhetoric of hatred for America and what we stand for ,the police should start arresting these criminals, forget the tear gas, arrest with large fines for inciting violence Get R DONE!!!!
Report Post »Quagaar Warrior
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:15am~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Report Post »Hey Grandma & Grandpa, What in the world happened to your democrat party?
These protesters are now your modern democrat base.
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wntsmallgov
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:13amThing of it this way. We all want justice when criminals are caught. Yet the undefined leaders will rather protect the criminals and scorne that victims than let justice win the day by letting PD in. That tells me all I need to know about who these people are and this now criminal lot needs to be ran off before they do more damage.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:17amThe hidden puppet masters need them to stay togeather until the mobs do enough damage then they will send in Van Jones to “save the day” while Mr Obama crashes the top down and crushes all in the middle.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:13amThey may be losing support, but there is something else underlying that hasn’t exposed itself yet. it looks all too easy on the surface, but i’m not buying into the fact that they will disapear or go away anytime soon, the socialist- communist ball is rolling, i hope there is a leader that will stand up against all this
Report Post »SchenectadyScott
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:11amI don’t know how anyone…anyone can support violence and rape involving the woman at these events….and the lack of vocal reaction against these actions….very sad for our woman and how we treat our woman in this country…….
Report Post »barber2
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:08amAnyone who has a “favorable” view of the Occupies should be given a free ticket to someplace far away ! The Occupiers are dangerous, delusional, tax busting, anarchists who will only be MORE trouble down the road. They are like the Greeks – dysfunctional and delusional. Guess someone should slap Dr. Spock or their clueless parents. They are spoiled, lazy, entitlement free -loaders who can not compete and expect everything to be given to them. They heard way too many “good job” comments in their youth when they should have been taught the meaning of the word “no” and the meaning of the word “rules.” Sad day for all of us. Bad parenting has consequences.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:06amPolls are for people seeking to be persuaded by mutual support!
Report Post »Skrewedretiree
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 1:06amPolls, or votes, tend to illustrate the will of the people. Polls, and votes, can be manipulated; still, it’s better to poll to get the lay of the land, as it were, and guage the will prior to a vote. Perhaps polls should be done away with, and just go with a vote. Then the surprise could be complete. But, the surprise may not be what the Left would desire.
Report Post »M 4 Colt
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:04amyes they are losing support
Report Post »snrar
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:04amWhen these riots continue to spread the poll numbers will rise , So the people don’t like what they are now starting to see the truth even when the liberal media continues to put a positive spin on the protest . Arrest after arrest yet they say it’s a peaceful crowd ! How many arrest did the Tea Party crowds have ? Almost zero yet it is the Tea Party that the media has demonized ! And continues too this very day !
Report Post »Skrewedretiree
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 1:09amOh, you noticed that too? I hope more did as well, actually…..
Report Post »Rajabear1
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 1:18amSadly, it doesn’t matter that the tea party gatherings over the last three years had not a one. The damn media and DC did their dirty work back then smearing us so that the typical person thinks there really was racism, violence and disorder. I remember being shocked as the opinion polls gradually went down on approval ratings thinking, ‘holy crap, people really don’t see what the media is doing?’.
Report Post »That is exactly why the LSM and DC have been pushing from the start of OWS that it’s like the tea party. So when the violence starts they associate us with them in the minds of the average person and be turned off by both.
Therightsofbilly
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:01amHey JZS,
You won’t read this here…….oh wait……….we are reading it here.
Report Post »Berbel73
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:40pmI‘m soooo shocked that he hasn’t responded to this article. I mean its so obviouly bogus since “everyone” supports OWS except those violent TEA party people.
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