So far, I have seen no polling data about Occupy Wall Street. At best, I might point to this New York magazine survey of 100 protesters. Perhaps, that is unsurprising, given the paucity of media coverage.
There are plenty of reasonable questions. How aware is the American public? Where are they getting their information? Do people agree with individual items in the official list of grievances? What are the demographics of those who do?
I suspect that if someone were to take several statements from the first OWS official statement and ask Americans to rate them on the five-point Likert scale (strongly agree, agree, neither, disagree, strongly disagree), one would be able to say that Americans mostly support the ideas of OWS.
If a reputable polling firm were to conduct a poll about OWS, perhaps the media would be forced to respond, if only in an attempt to discredit the poll. If a progressive organization were to commission such a poll, perhaps it would be able to seize some space in the public discourse.
I believe that the way initial polls ask about Occupy Wall Street will do a great deal towards framing the media narrative about the movement. Who will be first? The movement itself is not hierarchical and seems unlikely to promote itself in this fashion. Conservative groups and corporate media probably prefer to ignore and hope it all goes away. Establishment liberal and Democratic groups may be risk-averse and wary of something different.
I sense an opening here. Will anyone seize it?