---
title: "Public and ’Occupy Wall Street’ Movement Agree on Key Issues"
description: "In an analysis in the New York Times, Pew Research Center president Andrew Kohut writes that the American public is beginning to take notice of the \"Occupy movement.\" Polling this week finds a growing number of people paying attention to news about the movement."
date: "2011-10-19"
authors:
  - name: "Tom Rosentiel"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2011/10/19/public-and-occupy-wall-street-movement-agree-on-key-issues/"
categories:
  - "Politics & Policy"
  - "Protests & Uprisings"
---

# Public and ’Occupy Wall Street’ Movement Agree on Key Issues

The American public is beginning to take notice of the "Occupy movement." Polling on the subject of the protests and attitudes toward Wall Streetsuggest that the public may respond positively to the goals of the Occupy movement, but not necessarily its tactics.

Read an analysis in the [*New York Times*](http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/10/18/the-psychology-of-occupy-wall-street/occupy-wall-streets-taps-into-longstanding-concerns?scp=1&sq=kohut&st=cse) by Pew Research president Andrew Kohut that is part of a discussion on the "Psychology of Occupy Wall Street."

See also these related Pew Research Center reports:

- [Growing Attention to Wall Street Protests](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2011/10/19/growing-attention-to-wall-street-protests/?src=prc-headline)
- [No Consensus About Whether Nation Is Divided Into 'Haves' and 'Have-Nots'](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2011/09/29/no-consensus-about-whether-nation-is-divided-into-haves-and-have-nots/?src=prc-headline)
- [Public Shows Wariness About Wall Street](../../databank/dailynumber/?NumberID=1345)
- [Protest Coverage Grows Again](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/index_report/pej_news_coverage_index_october_1016_2011?src=prc-headline)

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