"THE AP-GfK POLL, September 2012," poll dates, 9/13-9/17
9/28/12, "41 Million Tea Party Supporters Set to Vote," Breitbart, D. Hawkins
"A new Associated Press poll shows tea party supporters may have the last laugh in November.
The AP/GFK poll shows that 31% of likely voters consider themselves Tea Party supporters. With 131 million votes cast in the 2008 elections, that translates into an incredible voting bloc of 41 million Tea Party supporters waiting to cast ballots. These voters have already made their voices heard in Wisconsin earlier this year, as well as in Republican primaries in Texas and Nebraska.That 31% of likely voters figure is greater than the 19% who described themselves as either strongly or somewhat liberal. Surprisingly, liberals have escaped media characterization as being a small, fringe-like group with little power or influence. At 19% of likely voters, self-described liberals would have a turnout of 25 million voters, some 16 million fewer voters than the Tea Party.
The good news for Mitt Romney and other Republican hopefuls is that
the Tea Party supporters also appear ready to turn out in much higher
numbers than all other voters. For instance, while they only made up 23%
of the initial polling sample, which was a sample of all adults, their
numbers improve as unlikely voters were removed by the AP from
the data. When unregistered and unlikely voters were taken out of the
poll, their share of the vote increased by 35%, to nearly one-third of
the voting population.
Meanwhile, self-described liberals fell 11% from the initial sample to
the likely voter sample, while moderates increased by 3% and
conservatives increased by 8%. This enthusiasm gap could make the
difference in November. Once unregistered and unlikely voters were
removed from the AP poll sample, Obama’s share of the vote plummeted by
10%, while Romney’s share of the vote increased by 28%. That support is
driven, of course, by a supposedly dead movement. Overall, the poll
shows a statistical tie with Obama at 47%, and Romney at 46%." via Free Republic
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Ed. note: I'm a Tea Party supporter though I've never attended a rally or meeting. The Tea Party didn't exist when George Bush was President but I would would have supported it before the end of his first term. It became obvious that the establishment GOP was happy to throw this country down the drain. And that they despised ordinary, right of center Americans like me. If anything, they despise us more today. The Tea Party considers job 1 saving this country. Individual supporters may have views on various social issues but social issues aren't the main focus. They've never been my focus at any time. The NY Times editorial page has made clear it views Tea Party supporters as "embarrassments" at best. I'd be happy to meet anyone from the NY Times editorial page at a coffee shop and talk with them. I'd like them to tell me to my face why I'm a "national embarrassment." Obviously, that won't be happening.
"9/16/10, NY Times Editorial, "The Tea Party's Snarl"
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Ed. note: I'm a Tea Party supporter though I've never attended a rally or meeting. The Tea Party didn't exist when George Bush was President but I would would have supported it before the end of his first term. It became obvious that the establishment GOP was happy to throw this country down the drain. And that they despised ordinary, right of center Americans like me. If anything, they despise us more today. The Tea Party considers job 1 saving this country. Individual supporters may have views on various social issues but social issues aren't the main focus. They've never been my focus at any time. The NY Times editorial page has made clear it views Tea Party supporters as "embarrassments" at best. I'd be happy to meet anyone from the NY Times editorial page at a coffee shop and talk with them. I'd like them to tell me to my face why I'm a "national embarrassment." Obviously, that won't be happening.
"9/16/10, NY Times Editorial, "The Tea Party's Snarl"
"For both parties
- and certainly the broad swath of independent voters,
- defeating this new crop of Tea Party nominees has become
- divisive and offensive utterance,
- Karl Rove,
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For the NY Times to praise Rove means they trust him to deliver for the left, not the right--as their guy McCain did. For the Times, everyone should be happy that both political parties and media are on the same side of issues, and strictly control the flow of information. Like they said in the movie, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," no more tears, no feelings, no choice. Conformity. Which used to be viewed as horrible.
- Translation: Karl Rove is a proven failure despite the spin. He's only around now to make sure we don't get the candidates we need to save this country, to keep the GOP broken. The Times wants Rove to keep this up:
For the NY Times to praise Rove means they trust him to deliver for the left, not the right--as their guy McCain did. For the Times, everyone should be happy that both political parties and media are on the same side of issues, and strictly control the flow of information. Like they said in the movie, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," no more tears, no feelings, no choice. Conformity. Which used to be viewed as horrible.
- 2/13/10, “Thinking the way
- everyone else thinks has never felt so cool....The good news is, as in Invasion of the Body Snatchers, there are still a few hold-outs....
self-flattering conformism: Groupthink compliance has never felt so right!"
- above from "The New Conformo-Radicalism," by Mark Steyn, 2/13/10
Scenes from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," 1956, wherein everyone is forced to be alike.
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