Those who say the tea party movement consists mostly of angry white men will have to recast their stereotyping in at least one regard — 55 percent of them are women, according to a recent Quinnipiac University poll. (NewsMax, 3/29/10)
Earlier this month, Gallup reported that most Tea Partyers are smack in the middle of the mainstream when it comes to their age, education, employment and race; they do "skew right politically," the poll noted, but then, the mainstream skews right as well. (US News & World Report, 4/15/10)
First we learn that Tea Party members are not exclusively white, then we learn that they are not exclusively male. What's next? They're not "angry?"
Those like President Obama (who in private has reportedly used a pejorative term to label the Tea Party) would be wise to pay attention.
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