[fallujah-nuker]

"I like to think the usual estimate of 30% of the GOP is the better estimate."

It had been higher than that, in 1964 Goldwater got 38% of the national vote. The base of the party is conservative, but they get sold out by the RINO's at the top. In 1964 the RINO's went for LBJ.

[Czar]

Recently, I've seen estimates as high as 35%. From my own research and contacts, I tend to believe it's somewhere between 30% - 35%, but I don't think anyone has hard figures.

In any event, it's more than enough for the RNC to worry about when you're trying to replace the conservative base with a ragtag collection of new recruits culled from GOP hispandering efforts and other GOP Big Tent "y'all come" initiatives.