08-08-2011, 12:25 AM
(08-07-2011, 09:56 PM)kandrathe Wrote: The trouble with a Tea Party, or a Libertarian party is that it tends to create more of a 40% Democrat, 30% Republican, 30% other split.
Where did you get your numbers? That 40% seems awfully high, considering that in 2010 only 31% of all Americans viewed themselves as Democratic.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/145463/Democr...r-Low.aspx
According to the Washinton Post, polls range from 4% to 15% of tea partyers being Democrat.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/t...story.html