my connection with the tea party

[kandrathe]

Hi,

Where the 15% or so that identify as Democrats come from, I can only guess they're either confused, ...

I used to ask people what distinguished their religion from other, similar, religions. About 8 out of 10 had no idea. I suspect that 15% who identify as Democrat but consider themselves Tea Party are probably similar -- having no idea of what they believe, they have no idea of whom to identify with.

--Pete

I suppose that would broadly apply to the electorate in general. My experience has been the same as yours. People haven't anchored their beliefs on anything tangible, but instead follow the crowd. They believe what they've been told, by parents, by friends, or by educators, but haven't learned or maybe bothered with finding out their own truths.