Posted on 08/06/2011 5:51:52 AM PDT by Maelstorm
The percentage of Americans who expressly state that they are supporters of the Tea Party movement is currently about as large at 22 percent of the population as the 21 percent who say they are liberals, according to recent but separate Gallup polls.
Meanwhile, at 41 percent of the population, according to Gallup, self-described conservatives outnumber both Tea Party movement supporters and liberals by nearly 2-to-1.
In separate polls done on July 27 and August 2, 23 and 22 percent of respondents told Gallup they considered themselves supporters of the Tea Party movement. These polls (each of which was conducted in one day) had a margin of error of +/-4 points, and Gallup warned that polls conducted in one day “are subject to additional error or bias not found in polls conducted over several days.”
In fact, the July 27 and August 2 polls showed a considerably smaller percentage of Americans saying they were Tea Party supporters than previous Gallup polls conducted over three- and four-day periods.
For example, a Gallup survey conducted April 20-23 of this year, found that 30 percent of Americans described themselves as Tea Party supporters. Similarly, a Gallup poll conducted Jan. 14-16 of this year also found that 30 percent of Americans described themselves as Tea Party supporters.
In previous Gallup polling, Tea Party support had hit a low of 26 percent in a series of polls conducted in October 2010—immediately before the midterm congressional elections—and peaked at 36 percent on Nov. 4-7, 2010—immediately after the midterm congressional elections.
In polling conducted through the first half of 2011, and published Aug. 1, Gallup discovered that 21 percent of Americans described themselves as liberals. That is the same percentage that described themselves as liberals in Gallup surveys in 2010 and 2009.
Also in polling conducted over the first half of 2011, 41 percent of Americans told Gallup they were conservatives. That is up from the 40 percent who told Gallup they were conservatives in 2009 and 2010.
We surround them.
Gee, would the MSM lie about the Tea party?
Yeah, like ... people told the truth without being pushed or biased by any media input.
... and the word "about" .. ?
In my opinion, the "about" word is used when the % is larger than they'd like to have, so they use "about" to sort of lessen the impact of, "O shit ... we (commies) are SO outnumbered"
Point this out anytime the liberals try to minimize the Tea Party.
We may surround them, but they are running the country into the ground
So, does this indicate conservatives & tea partiers are separate political animals?
TP=21%
Con=41%
TOTAL=62%
Lib=21%
Ind=17%
Yes we do and no matter how someone identifies there are far more who are sympathetic to the values and goals of the Tea Party than ever have been to the far left. That is why the left fights so hard to control the media message. If they ever lose their dominance of media and academia they would be finished. The only thing that saves them are those who claim to be conservative who are not confidently so or feel they have to split the difference. Patriots don’t split difference between tyranny and liberty.
If they didn’t have their lies what would they have? The left is wholely dependent on maintaining a series of big and pervasive lies. They benefit from counterintutive confusing of issues. Clarity and reason are their enemies. Most of their messaging is the equivalent to malware. They don’t want pople actually asking questions and making decisions for themselves and taking responsibility for themselves which is why they rely so heavily on class warfare so that people who should be focused on bettering themselves are instend focused on conveting the success and wealth of others.
Two words: Voter Fraud!
If this analysisis accurate, the Tea Party is in for one HELL of a war.
There was an article posted last night from NYTs about how the TEA party has been decimated and only 18% of the people identify with it. Ha Ha!
The dirty little secret. Yes we can.
The difference is Libtards vote, and a vast majority of Conservatives are too &$€£>< lazy to bother to vote. Add a touch of voter fraud to the mix, and we have a voting 25% who dictate our future. If you can’t manage to bother to vote, you deserve 100% of what you are suffering now.
I vote, and I am suffering. But at least I could find 20 minutes on my way home to cast my ballot. If 40% of so-called Conservatives had found the same time, or voted absentee, we wouldn’t be in this mess.
People don’t vote. Do you see the stats when your state has local elections or elections in an “off” year, or a primary? The numbers are appalling! I don’t understand it.
I voted in a local election the other day.
The Valar withdrew from direct involvement in the affairs of Middle-earth after the defeat of Morgoth, but in later years they sent the wizards or Istari to help in the struggle against Sauron. The most important wizards were Gandalf the Grey and Saruman the White.
Gandalf remained true to his mission and proved crucial in the fight against Sauron. Saruman, however, became corrupted and sought to establish himself as a rival to Sauron for absolute power in Middle-earth.
Other races involved in the struggle against evil were Dwarves, Ents and most famously Hobbits. The early stages of the conflict are chronicled in The Silmarillion, while the final stages of the struggle to defeat Sauron are told in The Hobbit and the The Lord of the Rings.
And we're better armed... intellectually, and the other way may count towards something soon.
HOBBITS UNITE!!!
And we’re better armed. Thanks Maelstorm.
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