Poll: Only 30% of Wall Street Occupiers Have Full-Time Jobs…
Even 30% seems high, but it’s less than half the national average of 62%. Bonus: Bad news for Obama, roughly 75% disapprove of his job performance.
(NY Times) — Zuccotti Park in New York’s financial district is decked out with posters and signs for the wide array of political viewpoints of the Occupy Wall Street protesters. The six-week-old movement has several Web sites to promote various perspectives. But just who are these protesters? What is their political ideology? Do they have jobs?
Costas Panagopoulos, a professor of political science at Fordham University, recently conducted a survey of the Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York.
Dr. Panagopoulos described the protesters as “disgruntled Democrats.” Sixty percent of those surveyed said they voted for Barack Obama in 2008, and about three-quarters now disapprove of Mr. Obama’s performance as president. A quarter said they were Democrats, but 39 percent said they did not identify with any political party. Eleven percent identified as Socialists, another 11 percent said they were members of the Green Party, 2 percent were Republicans and 12 percent say they identified as something else.
Questionnaires handed out by Dr. Panagopoulos’s team of 15 interviewers throughout the park were completed by 301 adults from Oct. 14 to Oct. 18. “I followed the academic protocols that colleagues of mine adopted in the past to survey demonstrations,” he said.
In the survey, 80 percent described themselves as liberal; half of those said they were extremely liberal. . . .
Two-thirds of the survey respondents have attended college, and 25 percent are currently students. Thirty percent have full-time jobs and 18 percent are employed part-time. Forty percent are members of a union household. (Nationally, in a recent New York Times/CBS News poll, 58 percent of the general public have attended college and 62 percent are employed, either full-time or part-time.)
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If government is obligated to fill all the needs of the people, they what the heck do they need jobs for?
I know, let’s crank up the entitlements for every last American, then let’s all quite our jobs. We’ll all enjoy the good life while someone else serves us. (Who?)
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“A” job? “A” job?
OK your job, since you earned a B.A. in Women’s Literature after only 8 years of study, is to be the guy who scrapes cholesterol crisco off the sides of sewage holding tanks under the street. Here’s your shovel, I suggest you plug your nose.
A job is a right? You have the right to compete for one if you are qualified, other than that, not so much.
Are there anything else but disgruntled Democrats?
I have a hundred dollars that says if you asked to see a pay stub the full time number would drop by 75%.
These people want government jobs? How inspirational.
The Dog and his money are soon parted…. even disgruntled socialists work for a living
And I’ll bet that other 70% isn’t looking for one.
total misunderstanding of capitalism
Dr. Panagopoulos worked for Senator Clinton and teaches courses on campaign management and strategy, message development, and political communication. He ran for the Massachusetts State Legislature in 1992.
One might wonder 1) if he was advising his students under the guise of conducting a poll 2) what the polling questions actually were, and 3) if an independent source could corroborate the data as honest and accurate.
X—-de trop. the guy knows his job and is respected…..even if he is … gasp….a Democrat
@fuster:
In this political environment every poll is suspect. Any real journalist or media outlet would provide a link to the poll and any pollster who wanted to be taken seriously would have independent corroboration. It’s simply good practice.
And fuck your de trop.
X—he’s the only guy that did the work….he gets to publish……it ain’t his problem to produce corroboration…..that’s the next guy’s job…
his job was to conduct his survey well and produce something that stands up to review.
ZIPPY provided a link to the NYT story and the story provided a link to the survey…..form was followed.
so go look and comment on the survey AFTER you have.
till then, fuck your fuck your de trop..take your de tropism and survey the survey.
“…roughly 75% disapprove of his job performance.”
And yet they’ll still vote for him over those mean old Republicans.
100% could disapprove, but who else will they run to but Obama?
If you are on welfare, I don’t see a problem with the government assigning you a job and making you do it. Why should you have free money? Work for it. After a little while of being forced to do something they don’t like, I bet most will embrace capitalism and seek out other employment.
Communism fails because all workers made the same amount of money (in theory). The only reason they had doctors and scientists was because the people were made to study and then do the jobs.
I figures the rest of the 70% are bunch of deadbeats,social outcasts and recent prison releases
We’re just hitting 7 billion in world population. I would pick pretty much every one of those ahead of obama for just about anything. Maybe he could bring me my coffee. That’s about it.
Madame DeFarge lives on……a day will come with the slaughter of everyone in America that the average black teen in the inner city deems culpable for his rotten existence. Obama, by this time, will be Caliph of Africa….and a new Pyramid will be under construction on a chosen sandy plateau….to celebrate his ascent
to the Heavens.
…or…we could just vote the pathetic bastard out of office
in 2012.
I think a lot of young people don’t know what capitalism is. I have a young friend who posted once on Facebook that she could never be a capitalist, because she couldn’t imagine only caring about herself and nobody else. I wisely kept my fingers still, and a mutual friend gently set her straight.
In another week, its going to be 5%.
Tommygun—–
Maybe he could bring me my coffee. That’s about it.—-
any chance that you’re able to locate and consume coffee without help?
all else fails, the water in your toilet might have a brownish tinge.
after that, yell and maybe someone can dial 911 for you.
30%…??? only if you consider that those 30% are Union employees and Teacher’s Union thugs, being paid to attend these riots.
The question should have been, how many of you have a PRODUCTIVE job?
I’m so lonely.
Barbedwhyer at 1250AM, that right there is funny. The truth sometimes is. Caliph Of Africa! It actually fits. But the voting out thing is attractive, too. How about an American this time? Herman Cain.
I’m fat, old, and lonely. No one seems to like me or take me seriously. I just don’t get it, why don’t you stupid Zippers acknowledge my superiority in all things? I need a spanking.
I didn’t say that, who hijacked my handle? I’m not fat.
You need help Pendog, you appear to be mentally unstable.
fus·ter /ˈfustər/ Show Spelled[fus-ter]
1.to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate.
2.to cause ulceration, as a foreign body in the flesh.
3.to putrefy or rot.
4.to rankle, as a feeling of resentment
Or fustermonkey if you prefer!
“Capitalism Doesn’t Work.”
Then why are they against it? I thought they were in favor of not working. Now I’m confused.
“A job is a right.”
That’s hilarious coming from someone who has never felt any responsibility to develop any marketable job skills. But if something comes up in the Sit-On-Your-Ass-in-a-Park-and-Hold-Up-a-Protest-Sign Department, I’ll give you a call.
@ Mad Dog
AMEN!! Couldn’t have said it better myself!!
“Thirty percent have full-time jobs”…
Not for long, they keep smelling up the park.
” and 18 percent are employed part-time…”
Must suck- shiny new degree in 15th Century Baltic Literature, and all you can do is get a job featuring the phrase “want fries with that?”.
“Forty percent are members of a union household…”
And HERE is where things begin to clear up a bit.
Fuster you should hurry back to Madison, we are all pulling for ya! Beat it!
Your narcissistic view of wit and fact will not be missed…you’re lonely because most self absorbed trolls are.
It doesn’t matter if 100 percent disagreed with Obama and his policies, they will never vote for any principled Republican (that doesn’t include you Mitt-enz). So will they either not vote because of their disagreement or hold their noses to vote for Obama to thwart a knuckle crawling rethuglican from obtaining the presidency. I tend to take the latter view.
eaglewingzo8-
The worst of the worst knuckle crawling rethuglicans as you put it, which by the way hereby defines you as a Libtard Dimowit, would by far, surpass this Marxist piece of shit we have occupying our highest office. I would summize that you will see unity on the Right come 2012. Having watched this debacle from day one I remain amazed that a President of the United States, a FREE REPUBLIC founded upon Christianity, civil liberty and Free Market could align himself with a movement that promotes Communism, Socialism and Marxism within the sovereign borders of our Nation. In Vietnam, 10,000 men a year gave their lives fighting against the brutal oppression of this very type of ideology. I would tell everyone to visit Cuba or Venezuela to get a taste of Socialism, gee you would love it. The Federal Government failed us, Capitalism did not fail us, Solyndra is a shining glaring example of these idiots principles and practices…leadership from behind, reactionary. I don’t call that leading, I call that putting out fires before they consume you. I personally would vote for ANY of the Conservative candidates over this dolt….ANY, and I truly believe most Americans have realized it, at least the one’s that aren’t getting a stipend for their vote!
30%?
More like .03 %
No way you can spend THAT much time there and have a job of any sort.
Im sure a few of them works at Starbucks and “head shops” for some extra pot money, but full time jobs? Not unless theyre counting the union thugs there, like somene said.
Also, a job is a right? Now how can you INSIST people give you a job, and money, yet you tell us “capialism doesnt work.”
Do you want money, or not?? Make up your minds please.
And the only way capitalism doesnt work, is when people do nothing but leech.
Seein’ as dey is mostly young Hipsters, I thought it appropriate.
Hippie
When I was a young man
a hippie I was
I smoked dope all day
and lived for a buzz
It seemed so damn groovy
to be way out there
just flashing a peace sign
and twirling my hair
I saw rainbows of color
as far as can see
while singing along
to “Bobby McGee”
I thought no one got it
the corruption and such
our young men were dying
by some jungle hutch
Well now that I’m old
I more clearly see
how foolish was I
my hippies and me
My dope is now heart pills
Viagra and such
with a handful of Prozac
for a finishing touch
As I became grown
a responsible man
a wife and three kids
and a great family plan
the older I got
the more I did see
I was wrong about life
it’s never carefree
for only the youth
when someone does pay
can travel about
to just live for the day
The more that I work
the more my views change
as my taxes keep growing
right on out of my range
While thinking of life
and where we’re at now
it’s not far too look
that they’re milking the cow
They live in glass houses
with no welcome mats
they’re DC insiders
corrupt rotten rats
their all throwing stones
some say don’t inhale
while smoking their bones
they should all be in jail
The systems not broken
it’s not quite the fault
it’s this two party system
that puts votes in a vault
When votes can be paid for
with a check in the mail
it won’t be far out
for our Nation to fail
We’ve come to full circle
in just 50 years
through thousands of deaths
and an Ocean of tears
We’ve come a full circle
now back at the start
our young men are still dying
some all blown apart
We’ve moved from the jungles
to the deserts and sand
to fight one more war
in some dry far off land
I look in the mirror
a stranger looks back
how I long for the days
of my surfboard and pack
Grow up, J Edgar Hoover was the Director of the FBI at 24 years old…
The mean age of leadership in WWII was 23 years old…pussies!
and your grandma had 6 kids by the time she she 14…..blah, blah, blah……..Hoover was a fuck-up and a lot of people got killed in the war because their “leaders” were raw.
The only thing raw is your ass from OWS Madison…and then of course Mad Mike having his way with you, blah, blah, blah.
@ Maddog – well said!
If that sign is correct, then we should look to the example of…..the Soviet Union? North Korea? Cuba? How about Zimbabwe?