The NYT's isnt fit to line hamster cages with imho.
HERE we go again--YOU HAVE TO READ THE ARTICLE that liberals post.
The article specifically states this!
We didn't go into this study to look at the tea party," Campbell said in an interview with The Ticket.
The professors were following up on research they conducted in 2006 and 2007 for their book "American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us" and decided to add the tea party and atheists to their list of survey queries. By going back to many of the same respondents, the professors gleaned several interesting facts about the tea party.
One of their more surprising findings, Campbell concedes, (and one drawing national attention) is that the tea party (back in 2006 and 2007)-- drew a lower approval rating than Muslims and atheists. That put the tea party below 23 other entries--including Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Republicans and Democrats--that the professors included on their survey of "a representative sample of 3,000 Americans."
So they are taking statistics they ran in 2006 and 2007--(when the tea party movement in this country was not popular)--only a few members--and are trying to relate it to today's tea party movement---
LIBERALS WILL TRY ANYTHING--ALWAYS READ THEIR LINKS.