Posted on 04/18/2015 12:40:16 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
With just two of a dozen or more presidential candidates having declared their intention to run for office, South Carolina’s tea partyers are already lining up behind Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.
In the latest Winthrop Poll released Wednesday, Walker and Texas Senator Tex Cruz were in a statistical tie among the 1,000 or so likekly GOP voters polled. But poll director Scott Huffmon says support between mainstream republicans and Tea Party backers may be split — at least for now
“The Tea Party Likes Scott Walker to the tune of people who approve of the Tea Party picked Scott Walker 18.2% and Ted Cruz was #2 among those who support the Tea Party,” Huffmon said. “We’re already seeing that those who support the Tea Party might have different preferences.”
The poll also shows South Carolina’s Tea Party is growing, with 13.9% of the poll’s respondents identifying themselves as part of the anti-Washington political establishment movement.
“People think that’s small but you’re talking about well over 200,000 people in the state,” he said. “They can be a force if the are unified.”
".........Both support for Walker and disdain for Bush were accentuated among the GOP's base, including those who described themselves as conservative or as a member of the tea party. Seventy-nine percent of tea party members said they'd be enthusiastic about a Walker candidacy, while just 3 percent said the same of Bush.........."
Hope they flush Linda Graham down the commode.
Hope they flush Linda Graham down the commode like they did in 2012! Oh waite, what? Oh nevermind.
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