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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 894733" data-attributes="member: 12952">To assume that these protesters represent a majority of Americans is a total falsehood.Why are they set up mostly in Dem. controlled cities and/ or states ?<a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/protesters-at-occupy-wall-street-disapprove-of-obama-a-survey-finds/?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss" target="_blank">(NY Times)</a>Costas Panagopoulos, a professor of political science at Fordham&nbsp; University, recently conducted a survey of the Occupy Wall Street&nbsp; protesters in New York.Dr. Panagopoulos described the protesters as “disgruntled Democrats.” &nbsp;A quarter said they were Democrats, but 39 percent said they did not&nbsp; identify with any political party.&nbsp;Eleven percent identified as&nbsp; Socialists, another 11 percent said they were members of the Green&nbsp; Party, 2 percent were Republicans and 12 percent say they identified as&nbsp; something else.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.&nbsp;Forty percent are members of a union household.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 894733, member: 12952"] To assume that these protesters represent a majority of Americans is a total falsehood. Why are they set up mostly in Dem. controlled cities and/ or states ? [URL="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/protesters-at-occupy-wall-street-disapprove-of-obama-a-survey-finds/?partner=rss&emc=rss"](NY Times)[/URL] 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.” 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. Two-thirds of the survey respondents have attended college, and 25 percent are currently students. [B]Thirty percent have full-time jobs[/B] and 18 percent are employed part-time. Forty percent are members of a union household. [/QUOTE]

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