Americans blame government more than Wall Street: Poll

Occupy Wall Street may be raging and spreading around the globe, but more Americans are blaming the troubled economy on the government rather than Wall Street, a USA Today/Gallup Poll showed.

The poll given last week showed 64 percent of Americans blamed Americans for the poor economy and just 30 percent called out financial institutions, the Los Angeles Times reports. While 78 percent said Wall Street “bears a great deal or fair amount of blame for the economy,” 87 percent said the same of the government, USAToday reports.

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People who hit the polls were also questioned about the Occupy Wall Street protests, which have been going on for over a month. The majority of survey respondents indicated they didn’t know enough about the demonstrations to express an opinion, Politico reports.

When asked about the way OWS protests are being handled, 25 percent said they approved while 20 disapproved, Politico reports. But a majority 55 percent said they didn’t know enough about OWS to state an opinion.

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"You see the frustration that there's some serious things wrong with capitalism in America, but you also see the conundrum — how do we change it?" says Terry Madonna, a political analyst and polling expert at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa, USAToday reports. "This crisis coincides with a huge debate over the role of government."