Registered Voters
Which group comes closer to your views:
The Tea Party Occupy Wall Street Both Neither Unsure
Row % Row % Row % Row % Row %
Registered Voters 40% 40% <1% 10% 9%
Party Identification Democrat 13% 63% <1% 12% 12%
Republican 71% 13% 1% 6% 9%
Independent 43% 40% 1% 11% 5%
Tea Party Supporters 89% 8% 1% 2% 1%
Occupy Wall Street Supporters 9% 88% 1% 2% 1%
Political Ideology Very liberal-Liberal 12% 80% <1% 5% 3%
Moderate 30% 46% 1% 13% 11%
Conservative-Very conservative 65% 16% <1% 10% 9%
Region Northeast 38% 45% 1% 10% 6%
Midwest 40% 38% <1% 10% 11%
South 46% 34% 1% 9% 10%
West 33% 48% <1% 12% 7%
Household Income Less than $50,000 40% 39% <1% 10% 11%
$50,000 or more 42% 43% 1% 9% 6%
Education Not college graduate 41% 37% <1% 10% 11%
College graduate 39% 45% <1% 10% 6%
Age Under 45 33% 43% <1% 12% 12%
45 or older 43% 39% 1% 10% 8%
Generation Millennials (18-30) 27% 47% <1% 14% 13%
Gen X (31-46) 41% 39% 1% 8% 11%
Baby Boomers (47-65) 42% 44% <1% 9% 6%
Silent-Greatest (Over 65) 44% 34% 1% 12% 10%
Race White 44% 38% 1% 9% 8%
Non-white 29% 45% <1% 13% 13%
Gender Men 46% 38% 1% 12% 4%
Women 36% 42% <1% 9% 14%
Interview Type Landline 42% 39% 1% 10% 9%
Cell Phone 36% 43% <1% 12% 9%
Marist Poll National Registered Voters: Interviews conducted November 8th through 10th, 2011, N=872 MOE +/- 3.5%. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.