Russ Steele
Pulse Opinion Research has conducted a poll of “likely voters” for Pajamas Media using methods licensed from Rasmussen. One-thousand voters were surveyed on with a sampling error of +/- 3%
The PJTV team was startled by the results, when 54 percent of "likely voters" supported the Tea Party Movement strongly or somewhat. The two categories of support were equally divided. Only 41% opposed the TPM (13% strongly, 28% somewhat).
Here are the rest of the details from PJTV:Startling: 31 percent of self-identified Democrats support the TPM either strongly or somewhat.The questions as specific responses can be found here. Those standing in the middle of the road are going to get run over, those on the left are going to end up in the ditch. These findings support what I saw at the 4th of July Parade. There were over a hundred people in the street with red shirts marching and they were hundreds more cheering us on from the sidewalks. A November blow out is building!Most Startling: Of the 54 percent who support the TPM, 52 percent do so privately [bold italics clearly deliberate]. Furthermore, just 9 percent consider themselves members of the movement but an additional 21 percent state they have friends and families who are.
In other words — despite all those demonstrations and town hall meetings you may have been watching, reading about or participating in — the Tea Party Movement is still largely sub rosa. Why? Well, a variety of answers suggest themselves (and I am sure you will have more), but, as a Hollywood screenwriter who voted for Bush, I know full well the necessity of keeping your mouth shut. And if we are a nation of people who have been keeping our mouths shut, look out in November.
