24% of Americans in Tea Party

[Sarah G]

34% Say They Or Someone Close To Them Part of Tea Party Movement - Rasmussen Reports

Twenty-four percent (24%) of U.S. voters now say they consider themselves a part of the Tea Party movement, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. That’s an eight-point increase from 16% a month ago.

Another 10% say they are not a part of the movement but have close friends or family members who are.

Fifty-five percent (55%) of voters say they have no ties to the Tea Party movement. Eleven percent (11%) more are not sure.

The rise in Tea party support is perhaps not surprising at a time when more voters than ever (58%) favor repeal of the national health care plan just passed by Democrats in Congress and signed into law by President Obama. Most voters remain convinced that the health care plan will require an increase in taxes on the middle class as a time when 66% of voters believe America is already overtaxed.

The movement grows.

According to Rasmussen.

 

[boedicca]

It is not clear, yet, if Rasmussen data taps in to real fanatics, wannabe fanatics, socially and racially prejudiced fanatics, or economically terrified fanatics. There would easily be said a bias toward upper income, older, white, Republican voters. The issues being addressed are large scale and complex. The president is black. There may be simply more angst about not being thought a likely voter, than in being a likely voter or not.

Other polling organizations spread the questions and the reporting around. There are polls of all respondents. There are polls of registered voters. In the extreme(?), there are polls of likely voters.

In fact, if a 9/11 type of event does happen, then all polled will likely abandon the Tea Party and show mega-support for Obama.

"Crow, James Crow: Shaken, Not Stirred!"
(In fact, if the Pope dies, then the Catholic faithful will likely show mega-support for Rome. If that happens in the next few days or weeks, then actually that finding might more political, than is widely regarded religious.)

It's perfectly clear, if you read.

Rasmussen samples likely voters:


Rasmussen Reports collects data for its survey research using an automated polling methodology.

Generally speaking, the automated survey process is identical to that of traditional, operator-assisted research firms such as Gallup, Harris, and Roper. However, automated polling systems use a single, digitally-recorded, voice to conduct the interview while traditional firms rely on phone banks, boiler rooms, and operator-assisted technology.

For tracking surveys such as the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll or the Rasmussen Consumer Index, the automated technology insures that every respondent hears exactly the same question, from the exact same voice, asked with the exact same inflection every single time.

All Rasmussen Reports' survey questions are digitally recorded and fed to a calling program that determines question order, branching options, and other factors. Calls are placed to randomly-selected phone numbers through a process that insures appropriate geographic representation. Typically, calls are placed from 5 pm to 9 pm local time during the week. Saturday calls are made from 11 am to 6 pm local time and Sunday calls from 1 pm to 9 pm local time.

After the calls are completed, the raw data is processed through a weighting program to insure that the sample reflects the overall population in terms of age, race, gender, political party, and other factors. The processing step is required because different segments of the population answer the phone in different ways. For example, women answer the phone more than men, older people are home more and answer more than younger people, and rural residents typically answer the phone more frequently than urban residents.

For surveys of all adults, the population targets are determined by census bureau data.

For political surveys, census bureau data provides a starting point and a series of screening questions are used to determine likely voters. The questions involve voting history, interest in the current campaign, and likely voting intentions.

Rasmussen Reports determines its partisan weighting targets through a dynamic weighting system that takes into account the state’s voting history, national trends, and recent polling in a particular state or geographic area.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/about_us/methodology

 

[JakeStarkey]

The number, if true, are impressive. The main question is: how does this influence the GOP organizations in the various states? If the GOP adopts the TP "platform" in terms of anti-taxation and less intrusion into private lies, this may work for the Party. If it adopts the reactionary agenda en toto, the Republican Party will be in the minority for a very long time. Why? Reactionaries make up less than 10% of the electorate and conservatives in general about 35 to 40%. A reactionary platform will drive tens of millions of Republicans to the left and to the Democratic Party.

 

[Richard-H]

24%??

Is that all? I hear on FoxNews that billions of Americans support the tea party. And they have the video to back it up

These TPs are kinda slow ain't they?

A legitimate counter-argument to the thread from the left is the only thing we are still "slowly" waiting for.

Tick....tock....tick....tock....tick....tock.....

Any time lefties. The Tea Party is the doom of the left. You have no answer for it.

Yes, we have an answer for the TPs: SANITY

 

[uscitizen]

So 24% of americans are in a leaderless movement?

Leaderless? Yeah about like the easter bunny is real.

 

[boedicca]

Again,

The Lefties are amazed when people act of their own initiative without a big power structure ordering them around.

 

[boedicca]

The number, if true, are impressive. The main question is: how does this influence the GOP organizations in the various states? If the GOP adopts the TP "platform" in terms of anti-taxation and less intrusion into private lies, this may work for the Party. If it adopts the reactionary agenda en toto, the Republican Party will be in the minority for a very long time. Why? Reactionaries make up less than 10% of the electorate and conservatives in general about 35 to 40%. A reactionary platform will drive tens of millions of Republicans to the left and to the Democratic Party.

It's more than that.

It's about how the Tea Party (traditional American) values of Liberty, Limited Government and Fiscal responsibility hold ALL OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES, POLITICIANS, AND GOVERNMENT WORKERS accountable.

 

[Dr.House]

So 24% of americans are in a leaderless movement?

Leaderless? Yeah about like the easter bunny is real.

Just because you need to be told what to do and what to believe doesn't mean everybody does...

 

[eagleseven]

My estimation is that about 25% of Americans are hard core wingnuts, about the same amount for hard core liberals. There's about 20% non-hardcore for each side - people who say they're independant but almost always vote for one or the other.

Liberals have usually been losing because quite a large number of them are 'disenfranchised'.

The problem is that the remaining 10% - who are truly independant/undecideds are the ones that really determine who wins that elections.

Everything makes sense in your imaginary world.

Pity your simplistic abstractions don't fit the data...

 

[JakeStarkey]

No, the Tea Party is about much more than the traditional values, much, much more. If the stay with the true conservative values you list above, they may make a positive impact in the GOP. If not, they may destroy it. Because a reactionary radical agenda will push millions of Republicans to the left.

The Tea Party, en toto, does not represent mainstream America.

 

[uscitizen]

So 24% of americans are in a leaderless movement?

Leaderless? Yeah about like the easter bunny is real.

Just because you need to be told what to do and what to believe doesn't mean everybody does...

LMAO.

Your blindness is amazing.

 

[Zander]

24%??

Is that all? I hear on FoxNews that billions of Americans support the tea party. And they have the video to back it up

Link?

Breaking News | Latest News | Current News - FOXNews.com

How odd, your "link" doesn't support your claim.

 

[Si modo]

Link?

Breaking News | Latest News | Current News - FOXNews.com

How odd, your "link" doesn't support your claim.

Honesty isn't his stong suit.

 

[Dr.House]

So 24% of americans are in a leaderless movement?

Leaderless? Yeah about like the easter bunny is real.

Just because you need to be told what to do and what to believe doesn't mean everybody does...

LMAO.

Your blindness is amazing.

Well, you got me there...

Your blindness isn't amazing at all...

 

[bucs90]

These TPs are kinda slow ain't they?

A legitimate counter-argument to the thread from the left is the only thing we are still "slowly" waiting for.

Tick....tock....tick....tock....tick....tock.....

Any time lefties. The Tea Party is the doom of the left. You have no answer for it.

Yes, we have an answer for the TPs: SANITY

Liberals Dictionary:

SANITY: (A) The act of bowing down in blind faith to a politician or government, forfeiting any amount of assets through taxes that said government deems necessary, of demanding that those who have more wealth surrender their wealth so that those who have not earned it may share in it. (B) The act of weakening the nation that is strong enough that it's poor live better than the rest of the worlds middle class so that one can have that tingly feeling of doing what they feel is social just and so that some of that nations wealth can be sent to other nations, only to be intercepted and wasted by warlords and dictators.
(C) Blindly believing the world is warming despite a decade's worth of alternate scientific date emerging, and despite proof that the movement was a hoax, all because they saw a cool movie. (D) Having self-guilt for living well.


Yeah....I'll stay insane I guess.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Link?

Breaking News | Latest News | Current News - FOXNews.com

How odd, your "link" doesn't support your claim.

Quit your whining, Zander. Did you notice the market news from the link:

DJIA 11,123.11 103.69 0.94%
NASDAQ 2,504.86 38.87 1.58%
S&P 500 1,210.65 13.35 1.12%

Yepper, you reactionaries are crying "chicken little" again. How pathetic.

 

[Richard-H]

My estimation is that about 25% of Americans are hard core wingnuts, about the same amount for hard core liberals. There's about 20% non-hardcore for each side - people who say they're independant but almost always vote for one or the other.

Liberals have usually been losing because quite a large number of them are 'disenfranchised'.

The problem is that the remaining 10% - who are truly independant/undecideds are the ones that really determine who wins that elections.

Everything makes sense in your imaginary world.

Pity your simplistic abstractions don't fit the data...

As I said "My Estimation", I didn't claim anything more than an off the cuff guess at the numbers...

Perhaps your general inabilty to comprehend is the basis for your political views....

 

[Richard-H]

A legitimate counter-argument to the thread from the left is the only thing we are still "slowly" waiting for.

Tick....tock....tick....tock....tick....tock.....

Any time lefties. The Tea Party is the doom of the left. You have no answer for it.

Yes, we have an answer for the TPs: SANITY

Liberals Dictionary:

SANITY: (A) The act of bowing down in blind faith to a politician or government, forfeiting any amount of assets through taxes that said government deems necessary, of demanding that those who have more wealth surrender their wealth so that those who have not earned it may share in it. (B) The act of weakening the nation that is strong enough that it's poor live better than the rest of the worlds middle class so that one can have that tingly feeling of doing what they feel is social just and so that some of that nations wealth can be sent to other nations, only to be intercepted and wasted by warlords and dictators.
(C) Blindly believing the world is warming despite a decade's worth of alternate scientific date emerging, and despite proof that the movement was a hoax, all because they saw a cool movie. (D) Having self-guilt for living well.


Yeah....I'll stay insane I guess.

Once again a wingnut builds a strawman and calls it a liberal...please keep your hallucinations to yourself.

 

[boedicca]

Breaking News | Latest News | Current News - FOXNews.com

How odd, your "link" doesn't support your claim.

Quit your whining, Zander. Did you notice the market news from the link:

DJIA 11,123.11 103.69 0.94%
NASDAQ 2,504.86 38.87 1.58%
S&P 500 1,210.65 13.35 1.12%

Yepper, you reactionaries are crying "chicken little" again. How pathetic.

A little perspective wouldn't hurt.

The market completely tanked in March 2009.

The Bush Tax cuts expire next year.

There is a frenzy to make money this year prior to the tax increases.

 

[bucs90]

Yes, we have an answer for the TPs: SANITY

Liberals Dictionary:

SANITY: (A) The act of bowing down in blind faith to a politician or government, forfeiting any amount of assets through taxes that said government deems necessary, of demanding that those who have more wealth surrender their wealth so that those who have not earned it may share in it. (B) The act of weakening the nation that is strong enough that it's poor live better than the rest of the worlds middle class so that one can have that tingly feeling of doing what they feel is social just and so that some of that nations wealth can be sent to other nations, only to be intercepted and wasted by warlords and dictators.
(C) Blindly believing the world is warming despite a decade's worth of alternate scientific date emerging, and despite proof that the movement was a hoax, all because they saw a cool movie. (D) Having self-guilt for living well.


Yeah....I'll stay insane I guess.

Once again a wingnut builds a strawman and calls it a liberal...please keep your hallucinations to yourself.

A strawman? Oh, I see, kinda like how when a conservative posts some facts or ideals and your counter-argument is simply "SANITY"???

Oh, I get it now. See my Mommy Syndrome thread. You are the perfect lab animal for that.