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Scuba

(53,475 posts) Fri Oct 18, 2013, 05:57 PM Oct 2013

After the shutdown debacle, the tea party's approval rating is 23 percent.

In other words, it's the first time the tea party has ever been supported by a minority. ~ Jay Leno

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After the shutdown debacle, the tea party's approval rating is 23 percent. (Original Post) Scuba Oct 2013 OP

Nice to know the size of the problem. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #1

51% of Tea Partiers don't consider themselves Republicans. kentuck Oct 2013 #3

Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times SummerSnow Oct 2013 #2

Oh, that's funny, Leno.. Cha Oct 2013 #4

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)

1. Nice to know the size of the problem.

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 06:04 PM

Oct 2013

The irreducible minimum is 23%. Not quite as bad as I thought. I'd have guessed about 32%.

kentuck

(111,102 posts)

3. 51% of Tea Partiers don't consider themselves Republicans.

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 06:59 PM

Oct 2013

I saw that in a poll this morning.

Since about 30% of America consider themselves "conservatives", that means about 22% of Republicans nationwide do not approve of them.

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)

2. Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 06:23 PM

Oct 2013

So yeah the tea party are a bunch of back stabbing political group

Cha

(297,289 posts)

4. Oh, that's funny, Leno..

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:04 PM

Oct 2013

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