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While New York Republicans are against the Occupy Wall Street movement, a majority say they're okay that the anti-corporate protests are happening, according to a new poll

The Quinnipiac poll released Thursday found that 53 percent of the New York Republicans disagree with the protests while 32 percent agree. But the poll also found that 71 percent of Republicans say it's "OK that they are protesting" while 22 percent say they should not be protesting.

More generally, 82 percent of all New Yorkers are okay with the protests and 13 percent don't think the protests should be happening at all, the poll found.

Meanwhile, the poll found that 74 percent of New Yorkers agree with the protests while 12 percent do not. Among Democrats, 57 percent support the protests and 30 percent do not.

The poll comes as liberals increasingly embrace the movement. Earlier this week The Daily Beast reported that Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren said that she created a lot of the "intellectual foundation" for the Occupy Wall Street protests.

"I created much of the intellectual foundation for what they do," Warren said. "I support what they do."

The Quinnipiac Poll surveyed 1,540 registered New York voters between October 18 and 24. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points. Of the 1,540 surveyed, 20 percent identified as Republicans, 39 percent identified as Democrats, and 33 percent identified as independents.