The Tea Party is regularly ridiculed and declared "dead" by the mainstream press and their elitist allies in Washington and Hollywood. Not surprisingly, when Tea Partiers show up and rally by the thousands, they get all but ignored, while 30 Occupy Wall Street crazies in masks will always get wall-to-wall coverage and admiration. TV shows and movies take cheap shots at Tea Party conservatives, often linking them to murder-of-the-week cases on insipid crime procedurals or dismissing them as "birthers." But a new Associated Press poll shows tea party supporters may have the last laugh in November.

The AP/GFK poll shows that 31% of likely voters consider themselves Tea Party supporters. With 131 million votes cast in the 2008 elections, that translates into an incredible voting bloc of 41 million Tea Party supporters waiting to cast ballots. These voters have already made their voices heard in Wisconsin earlier this year, as well as in Republican primaries in Texas and Nebraska.

That 31% of likely voters figure is greater than the 19% who described themselves as either strongly or somewhat liberal. Surprisingly, liberals have escaped media characterization as being a small, fringe-like group with little power or influence. At 19% of likely voters, self-described liberals would have a turnout of 25 million voters, some 16 million fewer voters than the Tea Party.

The good news for Mitt Romney and other Republican hopefuls is that the Tea Party supporters also appear ready to turn out in much higher numbers than all other voters. For instance, while they only made up 23% of the initial polling sample, which was a sample of all adults, their numbers improve as unlikely voters were removed by the AP from the data. When unregistered and unlikely voters were taken out of the poll, their share of the vote increased by 35%, to nearly one-third of the voting population.

Meanwhile, self-described liberals fell 11% from the initial sample to the likely voter sample, while moderates increased by 3% and conservatives increased by 8%. This enthusiasm gap could make the difference in November. Once unregistered and unlikely voters were removed from the AP poll sample, Obama's share of the vote plummeted by 10%, while Romney's share of the vote increased by 28%. That support is driven, of course, by a supposedly dead movement. Overall, the poll shows a statistical tie with Obama at 47%, and Romney at 46%.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/28/41-Million-Tea-Party-Supporters-Set-to-Vote

This explains the drive to demoralize the voters by claiming it is over, Romney has no chance, Obama will win etc. and the daily deluge of oversampled polls.

Obama & Biden draw their HUNDREDS (on a good day) while Romney & Ryan have their THOUSANDS.

I'll settle for a win, but I'm hoping for a bloodbath

Quote from: Yawn on September 29, 2012, 03:43:02 PM
Obama & Biden draw their HUNDREDS (on a good day) while Romney & Ryan have their THOUSANDS.

I'll settle for a win, but I'm hoping for a bloodbath

As am I.  There ass kicking the DEMS took in 2010 didn't sink in it seems.

Quote from: Yawn on September 29, 2012, 03:43:02 PM
Obama & Biden draw their HUNDREDS (on a good day) while Romney & Ryan have their THOUSANDS.

I'll settle for a win, but I'm hoping for a bloodbath

Well I don't know if the Presidential election will be a bloodbath but I suspect the Congressional races will be.

I hope so, but I don't see it in the Senate races. But then again, I'm looking at polls. My own Demonrat in Michigan is up for reelection and she's supposedly 15 points ahead. In Missouri McCaskill is NOT well liked, but they've thoroughly demonized Akin and the Repubic Elites have abandoned him (THEY have got to go!). Still hoping we at least get a majority though.

Quote from: The Boo Man... on September 29, 2012, 03:40:29 PM
The Tea Party is regularly ridiculed and declared "dead" by the mainstream press and their elitist allies in Washington and Hollywood. Not surprisingly, when Tea Partiers show up and rally by the thousands, they get all but ignored, while 30 Occupy Wall Street crazies in masks will always get wall-to-wall coverage and admiration. TV shows and movies take cheap shots at Tea Party conservatives, often linking them to murder-of-the-week cases on insipid crime procedurals or dismissing them as "birthers." But a new Associated Press poll shows tea party supporters may have the last laugh in November.

The AP/GFK poll shows that 31% of likely voters consider themselves Tea Party supporters. With 131 million votes cast in the 2008 elections, that translates into an incredible voting bloc of 41 million Tea Party supporters waiting to cast ballots. These voters have already made their voices heard in Wisconsin earlier this year, as well as in Republican primaries in Texas and Nebraska.

That 31% of likely voters figure is greater than the 19% who described themselves as either strongly or somewhat liberal. Surprisingly, liberals have escaped media characterization as being a small, fringe-like group with little power or influence. At 19% of likely voters, self-described liberals would have a turnout of 25 million voters, some 16 million fewer voters than the Tea Party.

The good news for Mitt Romney and other Republican hopefuls is that the Tea Party supporters also appear ready to turn out in much higher numbers than all other voters. For instance, while they only made up 23% of the initial polling sample, which was a sample of all adults, their numbers improve as unlikely voters were removed by the AP from the data. When unregistered and unlikely voters were taken out of the poll, their share of the vote increased by 35%, to nearly one-third of the voting population.

Meanwhile, self-described liberals fell 11% from the initial sample to the likely voter sample, while moderates increased by 3% and conservatives increased by 8%. This enthusiasm gap could make the difference in November. Once unregistered and unlikely voters were removed from the AP poll sample, Obama's share of the vote plummeted by 10%, while Romney's share of the vote increased by 28%. That support is driven, of course, by a supposedly dead movement. Overall, the poll shows a statistical tie with Obama at 47%, and Romney at 46%.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/28/41-Million-Tea-Party-Supporters-Set-to-Vote

This explains the drive to demoralize the voters by claiming it is over, Romney has no chance, Obama will win etc. and the daily deluge of oversampled polls.

But... but the Tea Party is dead. The lefties say so... 

Ah yes, the media.
The people who constantly tell us the Tea Party is dead.
While inflating a little group of nut bags like the NBPP, or OWS, into a "movement".

Quote from: CubaLibre on October 01, 2012, 05:13:25 AM
But... but the Tea Party is dead. The lefties say so... 

Fuddy assured us many many times...

I'm not sure what the original post was all about, I just came here to see Boo Man's sig line...

-Dr Watt

Quote from: Dr_Watt on October 01, 2012, 06:37:25 PM
I'm not sure what the original post was all about, I just came here to see Boo Man's sig line...

-Dr Watt

Don't get in CL way.   

Quote from: walkstall on October 01, 2012, 06:56:12 PM
Don't get in CL way.   

I love Japan... 

For them to think that any republican or conservative is going to stay home on election day, just proves how out of touch they are. We are counting the days.

Quote from: CubaLibre on October 02, 2012, 05:12:39 AM
I love Japan... 

Hmm... your like Boo.  You love all woman.