IBOPE Inteligência Poll: Public Favor Split for Occupy Wall St. Movement, 60% Say Demonstrators Lack Clear Goals
72% Negative Toward Big Banks & Investors
UTICA, NY--U.S. adults are split on whether they view the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations favorably, and 60% say the movement’s goals are unclear. Opinion runs strongly against the targets of the demonstrators however, as 72% have an unfavorable opinion of Wall Street investors and big banks.
Also, 65% agree that persistent organized protest can bring about systemic economic and political change.
These results are from an Oct. 11-14 IBOPE Inteligência interactive poll.
Is your overall opinion of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations favorable or unfavorable?
|
Response |
% |
|
Favorable |
45% |
|
Favorable |
49% |
|
Not sure |
6% |
Is your overall opinion of the Wall Street investors and big banks favorable or unfavorable?
|
Response |
% |
|
Favorable |
24% |
|
Unfavorable |
72% |
|
Not sure |
4% |
Would you say that the goals of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations are clear or unclear?
|
Response |
% |
|
Clear |
36% |
|
Unclear |
60% |
|
Not sure |
4% |
Do you agree or disagree that changes can come to the U.S. economic and political systems through persistent organized protests?
|
Response |
% |
|
Agree |
65% |
|
Disagree |
31% |
|
Not sure |
4% |
Partisan Differences
Only 9% of Republicans have a favorable opinion of Occupy Wall Street. Over eight in ten Democrats (84%) view the movement favorably, while a minority 38% of independents is positive toward the movement.
Nearly one-half (45%) of Republicans are favorable toward Wall Street investors and big banks, compared to only 8% of Democrats and 22% of independents.
Two-thirds of Democrats (64%) say Occupy Wall Streets goals are clear, compared to 8% among Republicans and 31% among independents.
More than eight in ten Democrats (85%) agree that persistent protest can bring change, compared to 48% of Republicans and 60% of independents.
IBOPE Inteligência conducted an online survey of 2,349 U.S. adults. A sampling of IBOPE Inteligência International's online panel, which is representative of the adult population of the U.S., was invited to participate. Slight weights were added to region, party, age, race, religion, gender and education to more accurately reflect the population. The margin of error is +/- 2.1 percentage points. Margins of error are higher in sub-groups. The MOE calculation is for sampling error only.
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