bemused_leftist

This is from a journalist who saw the actual questions and answers and disagrees with the WSj about their interpretation.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2011/10/3790409/survey-many-occupy-wall-street-protesters-are-unhappy-democrats-who

[M]any of the protesters consider themselves Democrats, many will vote for Obama in 2012, and, relatively speaking, "income inequality" doesn't actually rank too high on their list of grievances.

What frustrates you the most about the political process in the United States? {Open Ended}

30% Influence of corporate/moneyed/special interests
21% Partisanship
15% Joblessness
7% Corruption
6% Income inequality
5% Everything
3% Our democratic/capitalist system
3% Stagnant middle class wages
2% Entrenched bureaucracy
2% Bush tax cuts
2% Obama abandoned left
2% Military spending
2% Federal Reserve

Also, fascinating:

What would you like to see the Occupy Wall Street movement achieve? {Open Ended}

35% Influence the Democratic Party the way the Tea Party has influenced the GOP
11% Break the two-party duopoly
9% Promote a national conversation
9% Engage & mobilize Progressives
8% Not sure
7% Direct Democracy
5% Overhaul of tax system: replace income tax with flat tax
4% Single payer health care
4% Radical redistribution of wealth
4% Pull out of Afghanistan immediately
4% Dissolution of our representative democracy/capitalist system

[ Resorted in order of priority ]