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To: epicure who wrote (168322)8/8/2011 1:05:39 PM
From: longnshort  Respond to of 544009
 
Tea party members outnumber liberals


Tea Party Movement as Large as Nation’s Entire Liberal Population, Say Gallup Polls


Friday, August 05, 2011
By Terence P. Jeffrey




Tea Party activist Lawrence Crane secures a large U.S. flag while preparing for a Tea Party rally to be held at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, April 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)



(CNSNews.com) - The percentage of Americans who expressly state that they are supporters of the Tea Party movement is currently about as large at 22 percent of the population as the 21 percent who say they are liberals, according to recent but separate Gallup polls.

Meanwhile, at 41 percent of the population, according to Gallup, self-described conservatives outnumber both Tea Party movement supporters and liberals by nearly 2-to-1.

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h/t Brumar