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To: TimF who wrote (563487)	5/2/2010 5:28:03 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578242

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. It depends on the poll: "The 18 percent of Americans who identify themselves as Tea Party supporters tend to be Republican, white, male, married and older than 45." nytimes.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. Whether 18 percent or 28%.......Obama still leads the much larger populist movement.