New polling data from ABC News and the Washington Post shows that seven in ten Americans view Wall Street negatively, but there’s a partisan bent to it: Democrats are more likely to disfavor The Street versus Republicans, who are more apt to send their ire in another direction — the federal government. From ABCnews.com:
“Overall, this poll, produced for ABC News by Langer Research Associates, finds that 70 percent of Americans see Wall Street unfavorably, and essentially as many, 68 percent, hold an unfavorable opinion of the government in Washington. Negative views of Wall Street soar to 84 percent among liberal Democrats, versus 59 percent among conservative Republicans. Negative views of the government in Washington, meanwhile, reach 89 percent among conservative Republicans, versus 57 percent among liberal Democrats.”
