Occupy Standoffs Continue As Poll Finds Public Support For The Movement - SFBG

[WillyT]

Occupy standoffs continue as poll finds public support for the movement
Steven T. Jones - SFBG
11.29.11 - 12:23 pm


OccupySF, now one of the nation's largest Occupy
encampments, could be raided soon.
Steven T. Jones

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As OccupyOakland moves to reoccupy Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza today and the burgeoning OccupySF encampment braces for another long-threatened raid by police, a new Field Poll http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/29/BAQ51M55L2.DTL finds that about half of registered California voters identify with the Occupy movement and support its goals, which include taxing the rich and limiting the ability of large corporations to corrupt the political and economic systems.

As the San Francisco Chronicle reports, 46 percent of respondants said they identified with the Occupy movement and 58 percent agree with the cause that prompted it, compared with 32 percent who say they disagree with it. Unsurprisingly, those on the left were more likely to support Occupy while those on the right were more likely to oppose it. A previous Field Poll at the height of the right-wing Tea Party movement found it had only about half as much support as Occupy now enjoys.

Still, as it enters its third month and winter descends on the encampments, Occupy faces myriad challenges. In San Francisco, the mainstream media -- particularly curdmugeonly Chronicle columnist CW Nevius -- has regularly highlighted conflicts and other conditions in the camps and pushed Mayor Ed Lee to follow-through on his threats to clear the tents from Justin Herman/Bradley Manning Plaza. Rumors abound that a raid could come on Wednesday night, when SFPD beefs up its staffing for training exercises.

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Link: http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2011/11/29/occupy-standoffs-continue-poll-finds-public-support-movement

Poll: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/29/BAQ51M55L2.DTL

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[Liberal_in_LA]

1. news is reporting the OWS is winding down across the country

[gkhouston]

2. How dutiful of them. n/t

[WillyT]

3. Well... I'm Sure They're Hoping So, LOL !!!

:D

:hi:

Seriously though, can you point me toward a story? Are they talking about the coming winter, the crackdowns, the disillusionment of the movement ???

I'm in earnest... would love to take a gander at what you read.

:hi: