Reading the following article from time magazine. Who is the typical tea party supporter? Typical occupy wall street supporter? Why does the occupy wall street protest resonate across borders and the tea party movement not? What does the author mean by "will Occupy Wall Street radicalize the Democratic base the way the Tea Party energized the far-right of the Republicans?" What would be the political implications for the Democrats if they did so? Why does the author think the occupy wall street protest will have a more difficult time going mainstream?
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alex quirici
10/19/2011 12:43:21 pm
A typical tea party supporter is a elder-white middle class republican. Where as a typical occupy wall street supporter is a young usually in there twentys who is either unemployed or in financial debt. The occupy wall street protest resonates across boarders because there has also been many other protests in places such as Europe where peolpe are protesting the anti-greed issues just like in New York. Unlike the tea party that is a nationalists movement in the United States. When the author asked " will occupy wall street radicalize the Democratic base the way the tea party energized the far-right of the republicans?" he was asking if occupy wall street was going to give the Democratic party more support and publicity like the tea party did to the republican party. Some political implications for the Democrats would be that occupy wall street doesnt have any large benefactors or leaders that would help campaign with the Obama administration. Occupy wall street also is mainly focused around direct democratcy, which isnt highly liked by most of the political powers. Occupy wall street will have a difficult time going mainstream because peopel dont know if occupy wall street will still be up and rising once the next elections come around and dont know if they have the power to help the democractic uprising.
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Monica Perez
10/19/2011 02:37:48 pm
The typical supporter for the Tea Party would be the "older, wealthier and whiter than the average American," while the typical Occupy Wall Street supporter would be younger people, mostly college students in their 20s who are trying to get jobs. The Occupy Wall Street protest resonates across borders, from European cities to cities around the world, because of their similar wants which is social justice. Unlike the Tea Party which wants to keep their focus just on the US. What the author meant by "will Occupy Wall Street radicalize the Democratic base the way the Tea Party energized the far-right of the Republicans," was if occupy wall street will gain the same support from the Democrats as the Tea Party did from the Republicans.The political implications that the Democrats would have if they did decide to support Occupy Wall Street would be that they dont have large benefactors or if theyll be able to be a political player in the Obama Administration. Occupy Wall Street will have a hard time going mainstream because they dont have a lot of money unlike the Tea Party and whether theyll be able to go beyond just a social movement.
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Ian McCaffrey
10/19/2011 03:01:11 pm
A typical Tea Party supporter is most likely a white male, who is somewhat elderly and has a moderate to above average income. The typical Occupy Wall Street supporter on the other hand, is a young, usually college students, who are "saddled with years of debt" and struggling to land a job. The Occupy Wall Street protest relates internationally within European countries abroad because there has been solidarity,or integration shown by society, with the "anti-greed protesters in New York". Contrary to this, the Tea Party's movement is not so global because it is a singularly nationalistic movement in the U.S., it lofts the "totems of the Constitution and the flag," and its anti-big government policies are not widely accepted. When the author asks, "will Occupy Wall Street radicalize the Democratic base the way the Tea Party energized the far-right of the Republicans?" he was asking whether of not the Occupy Wall Street movement will give the Democratic Party support in the form of left-wing Democratic versions of "Rand Paul or Michele Bachmann." The political implications to do so for the Occupy Wall Street movement, would be to gain publicity and financial support by big name corporations.Occupy Wall Street will have a hard time going mainstream because they have no money, and no political candidate which implies that they may not be legitimate.
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Jesus Lopez
10/19/2011 04:41:37 pm
Tea party supporters are typically middle class, white republicans that are a little bit conservative. The occupy wall street supporters are typically young people in their 20's that are having trouble finding a job. The occupy wall street protests resonate across borders because other countries have also had similar protests for similar causes. The tea party's protests only focus on the US because not many other countries have the same views as they do. When the author asked "will Occupy Wall Street radicalize the Democratic base the way the Tea Party energized the far-right of the Republicans?", he meant, will occupy wall street give the same support that the tea party gave to the republicans. The political implications the democrats would have if they had support from occupy wall street is that they dont get a lot of support or money donated to them. Occupy wall street will have a hard time going mainstream because they have no big supporters willing to give away any money for the cause, so they probably won't gain much power by the time of the elections.
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Serafin Lopez
10/20/2011 05:33:48 am
The typicl tea party supporter usually is a white elder welthier republican American, and the usual occupy wallstreet supporter is young about early twentys and are usually in college and prtoesting that it is hard to find a job and that their debt that their going to face is to high. The occupy wall street resonate across borders, because most of europe is also involved in similair situtations in which they are complaining about their economic situtation as wel. The tea party protests are concentrated on the U.S, because the other countries may not have the same beleifs as the tea party. what he ment by "will Occupy Wall Street radicalize the Democratic base the way the Tea Party energized the far-right of the Republicans" is that they will give the same support to demcocrats as the tea party did to republicans. The complications Democrats would face is that they wouldn't get much support, and money to keep on going. Occupy wall street would be hard to keep going, because there is no huge political power that would be willing to donate money to the cause so it won't gain to much momentum to pick up and actually have an effect.
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Sarah McClure
10/20/2011 11:50:41 am
A typical Tea Party supporter would be an elder, conservative white male that has an average to an above average income. While the typical Occupy Wall Street supporter is from a younger demographic most likely a college student in his or hers 20’s, that is struggling to find a job and also has years of college tuition to pay off. With other places such a Europe having similar protests for the same cause, which is social justice, the Occupy Wall Street movement has resonated across various borders. The Tea Party hasn’t made its away into anywhere other than the U.S. because they want their focus to stay strictly inside American borders, and they also believe in anti-big government policies, which isn’t exactly accepted by all. When the author asks, "will Occupy Wall Street radicalize the Democratic base the way the Tea Party energized the far-right of the Republicans?" he is asking if the Occupy Wall Street movement will provide the same support to the Democrats as the Tea Party did for the Republicans. The implications the Democrats would face is that Occupy Wall Street doesn’t have any large benefactors going for them. Without any financial support by a large corporation, and the fact that they lack a political candidate it will be hard for them to go mainstream, and harder for people to be convinced that they are a legitimate group.
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Angela Reddington
10/20/2011 02:44:08 pm
The political implications to do so for the Occupy Wall Street movement, would be to gain publicity and financial support by big name corporations.Occupy Wall Street will have a hard time going mainstream because they have no money, and no political candidate which
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Angela Reddington
10/20/2011 02:44:53 pm
When describing a typical tea party supporter, you would explain them as a white elderly, wealthier middle-class republican. While the typical occupy wall street supporter is a young person, usually a college student, looking for a job. The occupy wall street protest resonates across borders due to the fact that there has been many protests similar to these in other countries. But the tea party is a nationalists movement only in the United States. When the author said, “will occupy wall street radicalize the democratic base the way the tea party energized the far-right of the republicans” he meant that occupy wall street will gain as much support from the Democrats just as the tea party did from the republicans. The political implications for the Democrats would be to gain as much publicity as possible and get financial support from big corporations. Occupy wall street will have a hard time becoming mainstream due to the fact that they have no money and no candidate . This makes them seem as if there is no legitimacy in there group.
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Marie Masyczek
10/20/2011 04:29:07 pm
Just as many of the other posts state, the average tea party supporter is a white, male, elder in age and is usually conservative. In contrast, the average wall street supporter is young (college aged), possibly in debt, and is more liberal in terms of politics. The occupy wall street movement reached other countries primarily because of Europe and other countries are having similar social issues and a location also plays a role as New York is a location that the people around the world know. The author of the article believes that the Occupy Wall Street protest will have a hard time going mainstream due to the fact that there are so many social issues at hand with the party and with no social leader, people have a hard time seriously recognizing the protest.
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Monica Olguin
10/20/2011 05:27:15 pm
Most typical Tea Party supporters are Caucasian, middle-class, older, and wealthier than an average demographic American. But they come from the "halves" rather than the "have-nots." Most typical Occupy Wall Street supporters are largely youth and young adults with multicultural backgrounds, with the main focus being their discontent over their government's closely inter-twined relationship with Wall Street and corporate power. The Occupy Wall Street movement spreads across boarders because the movement speaks to a much larger majority of people and it carries the same meaning throughout other countries worldwide; whereas the Tea Party movement is of a wealthier, elite group of people who don't appeal to a broader base of people. The author means that the Occupy Wall Street movement could have the influence of bringing the Democratic party back to its basic function of serving the working class people and the poor. If this were the result, it would force the leaders of the Deocratic party to be more accountable to its base supporters; then they would have more political power as a party. The author thinks that the Occupy Wall Street movement will have more difficulty going mainstream, because they have no designated leadership or representative, and they lack financial resources and a means of supporting themselves.
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Karla Ortiz
10/21/2011 02:38:55 am
A typical Tea Party supporter is wealthier, older, conservative and whiter than the average American. The typical Occupy Wall Street supporter is younger, and mostly college students who are trying to find a job. The Occupy Wall Street protest resonate across boarders because other countries have similar wants than the U.S. The Tea Party just wants to keep its focus on the U.S rather than other countries. What the author meant by "will Occupy Wall Street radicalize the Democratic base the way the Tea Party energized the far-right of the Republicans," was that if Occupy Wall street would give the same support the tea party gave to the republicans.
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Edward Ortiz
10/21/2011 07:50:58 am
A typical Tea Party supporter is a middle-class, older, male and is usually conservative. However on the other side, we have the Occupy Wall Street protesters are younger, mostly currently in college, wanting to find a job from the education they just payed for. The Occupy Wall Street protest reached out to Europe because they are havinge similar social problems. Both Protests are in one the most famous and important city in the world, New york. The author doesnt believe the protest will go mainstream because there are alot of social issues to cover and they are missing leaders.
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Nick McMaster
10/28/2011 05:50:34 pm
The typical tea party member is an older upper class white elite, in contrast an occupy wall street member doesn't have a specific age, or ethnicity. A common similarity in the Occupy wall street's followers is their financial standing. Many of the followers are middle to lower class and struggling financially. Some reasons that the Occupy wall street movement is resonating with people outside of our country's borders is that they are America's working man, like their slogan says "the 99%" which is easy to relate to. The author was referring the the extremist views of the Occupy wall street movement, correlating them with the democratic party, and comparing the relationship between the two to the republican party and the extremist tea party. The Tea party's influence helped many republicans to not be as tentative in their views and pushing them away from being moderate, the worry is that Occupy wall street is having the same effect on the Democratic party shifting their views farther left as the tea party shifts the republican views farther right. This would imply that the Democrats can also be swayed to extremism and that the republican party isn't the only one with its extremist group. The author thinks that it'll be tough for Occupy wall street to go mainstream because its message isn't pointed specifically at one political party, its pointed at every current politician, therefore the movement will have no political support of those who are in power.
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