Occupy support drops more than 20 points in ⦠San Francisco? posted at 8:40 am on January 31, 2012 by Ed Morrissey One would think that the Occupy movement and San Francisco were made for each other. Perhaps at one time they were, but a new Survey USA poll shows that even the City by the Bay has its limits. The poll of 500 adults in the San Francisco area â surely the most progressive-friendly poll sample ever taken â shows that almost half of those who supported the Occupy movement in general now have changed their minds. The topline results break down thusly: * Supported/Still do: 32% * Supported/Now oppose: 26% * Opposed/Now support: 3% * Opposed/Still do: 31% * Not sure: 8% According to this poll, Occupy support in the Bay area would have been 58/34 at one point. Now itâs 35/57, which is a flip of 46 points in the gap. Combining support and opposition numbers, Democrat support for Occupy is now 40/56, and even among self-professed liberals, where 27% have switched to opposition, itâs only 52/35. Among San Francisco adults. Note too that the movement has not gained converts in anything like the numbers they are alienating, which means that the longer they go, the weaker they are getting politically. In San Francisco. Nancy Pelosiâs home turf. The city that banned Happy Meals because parents were being held hostage by their children. The mind boggles. The notion of âoccupyingâ vacant buildings for their operations as some form of social justice also doesnât go over as well as one might expect in the area. Only 21% support the idea, eleven points lower than the movementâs remaining support, while 71% oppose it. Even the youngest demographic, which still has a very narrow plurality supporting the movement (43/41) opposes this idea by a wide majority, 32/59. But the best is yet to come. No one in this area is ever happy with the police. Eric Burdon once hailed the city in âSan Francisco Nights,â praising the Hells Angels while warbling, âCopâs face is filled with hate; heavens above, heâs on a street called Love.â (Needless to say, the entire song is dreck.) Theyâre not happy with the police in this instance, though, because the police havenât been harsh enough with the occupiers. Twenty-eight percent say the police have been too harsh, while 35% say theyâve been âjust about rightâ ⦠and 33% say they need to get harsher. When the Great Progressive Event has a third of adults in San Francisco looking for a police crackdown, Iâd call that nuking the fridge. http://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/31/occupy-support-drops-more-than-20-points-in-san-francisco/
Occuturds in the news elsewhere: Charlotte police remove Occupy tents http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...py-tents-111/2012/01/31/gIQAnXyfeQ_video.html Oakland to seek 'stay away' orders against Occupy protesters http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lan...ay-away-orders-against-occupy-protesters.html Occupy D.C. protesters vow to carry on despite camping regulations http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...-regulations/2012/01/30/gIQAOw7QdQ_story.html Occupy Miami Burns Eviction Notice From Miami-Dade County; Sunset Deadline Looms http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/31/occupy-miami-eviction-notice_n_1243662.html Occupy Mitt: Protesters Come Face-to-Face with the 1% in Florida http://swampland.time.com/2012/01/31/occupy-mitt-protesters-come-face-to-face-with-the-1-in-florida/