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To: tejek who wrote (563394)	4/28/2010 12:30:09 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578127

Its more white than not, largely because the country has a lot of white people. Its slightly more white than the country as a whole, not not enormously so. Most non-white ethnic groups are about equally represented except for blacks, and they are represented at about 50% of what would be proportional (probably under 100% because black people tend to be more liberal, and the tea party is more conservative than the general population). It would be perfectly ok if the demographics of the Tea Party movement where significantly different from those of the country as a whole, but they are not that different. -------- Tea Party supporters skew right politically; but demographically, they are generally representative of the public at large. That's the finding of a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted March 26-28, in which 28% of U.S. adults call themselves supporters of the Tea Party movement. Tea Party supporters are decidedly Republican and conservative in their leanings. Also, compared with average Americans, supporters are slightly more likely to be male and less likely to be lower-income. In several other respects, however -- their age, educational background, employment status, and race -- Tea Partiers are quite representative of the public at large. gallup.com From CNS: According to Gallup, 75 percent of the U.S. population is non-Hispanic White, while 11 percent are non-Hispanic black, and 15 percent belong to other races. Meanwhile, 79% of Tea Party movement supporters are non-Hispanic white, while 6 percent are non-Hispanic black, and 15 percent belong to other races. Compare this with the racial composition of Obama's supporters and you will quickly begin to see who is actually out of step with Mainstream America here (and who is basing their actions on race). As I have noted, the left's habitual need to undermine, smear and race-bait this movement says more about liberals than it does about the Tea Partiers...and it's beginning to backfire. The poll also found that almost a third of voters (28%) now expressly support the Tea Parties (while the overwhelming majority agree with them on the issues). Additionally, Gallup found that the Tea Parties are a microcosm of the country on "age, educational background, employment status." In other words, everything liberals have been telling us is false. examiner.com theatlantic.com The populist movement behind Obama is a much larger one as evidenced by his win in 2008. Support for Obama is lower now, not higher.