Poll: ‘Occupy Wall St.’ much more popular than Obama, tea party

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By Stephen C. Webster

A poll by Time released Thursday, which asked participants’ opinions on President Barack Obama’s job performance, the impact of the tea party and views of “Occupy Wall Street,” contains a startling revelation that the national press hasn’t quite pieced together yet: the “Occupy Wall Street” protesters have a higher approval rating than President Obama.

The poll’s figures show that President Obama has an approval rating of just 44 percent, with 50 percent disapproving and six percent not sure. That stands in contrast to the 54 percent who say their opinion of “Occupy Wall Street” is either “very favorable” (25 percent) or “somewhat favorable” (29 percent).

Comparatively, the tea party, which has essentially become the Republican Party’s attempt at a populist movement, only has a 27 percent approval rating, with just eight percent being “very favorable” and 19 percent being “somewhat favorable.”

Overall, the poll found that 65 percent of respondents believe the tea party had either a “negative impact” (40 percent) or very little impact at all (25 percent).

More: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/13/poll-occupy-wall-st-much-more-popular-than-obama-tea-party/

[tblue]

1. Yup.

I'm with them.

[FiveGoodMen]

2. That's one bit of good news!

[closeupready]

3. Yeah, but they probably polled DU, so this poll does not reflect reality.

:sarcasm:

[otohara]

4. It's Poll Day

my head is spinning

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. K&R

[qb]

6. But Obama's getting tons of cash. I wonder if he'll come around after the election.

[Blue Owl]

7. combined

n/t

[Fire Walk With Me]

8. You like us! You really lke us! ;)

[Initech]

9. I have had very little respect for the tea party until yesterday.

Now that the shooter in Seal Beach has been identified as a gun-toting teabagger, my respect for them is now zero. Actually it's in the negative numbers now.

[Enthusiast]

10. It's encouraging that the public

appreciates the efforts of OWS. Someone better get these poll results to Bloomberg.

[upi402]

11. Kick, rec n/t