Forum Post: NY supports OWS- frowns on Tea Party/Koch Brothers

on a key issue for the protesters, keeping a surcharge on those making $250,000 or more that’s due to expire at the end of the year, voters registered broad support for letting it stay in place.

Still, more New Yorkers — 44 percent — find themselves agreeing with the Occupy Wall Street movement compared to the conservative Tea Party protests. That movement finds support from only 21 percent of New York voters. While those agreeing with the Occupy movement are young and tend to be registered Democrats, those who identify with the Tea Party, 40 percent say they are Republicans, while 47 percent say their political beliefs are conservative.