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To: koan who wrote (240125)	12/18/2013 6:03:03 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (3) of 541522

Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated By KATE ZERNIKE and MEGAN THEE-BRENANPublished: April 14, 2010 Tea Party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public, and are no more or less afraid of falling into a lower socioeconomic class, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. =========================== Yale Professor 'Embarrassed' to Discover Tea Party Members are Scientifically Literate October 17, 2013 - 12:42 PM You know that line liberals love to lob at the Tea Party: you're stupid. Well, obviously that's not the case, nor has it ever been true. Now, a Yale professor has released some new research showing that the so-called "Tea Party radicals" are actually scientifically literate. Professor Dan M. Kahan of the psychology department at Yale says he was surprised to discover a positive correlation between science comprehension and members of the Tea Party: "Identifying with the Tea Party correlates positively (r = 0.05, p = 0.05) with scores on the science comprehension measure." "I've got to confess, though, I found this result surprising. As I pushed the button to run the analysis on my computer, I fully expected I'd be shown a modest negative correlation between identifying with the Tea Party and science comprehension." - See more at: cnsnews.com =========================== I thought to remind you of this since you seem to think that better education will bring about better political support for your political positions :P ST

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