[Vision2020] For Roger: Teabaggers & Race

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Saundra
I would not disagree to much with the survey. The problem lies in what is implied.  I think that this is a push poll.  Not trying to be too critical here. All sides do it.
Roger
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From: "Saundra Lund" v2020 at ssl.fastmail.fm
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:02:31 -0700
To: "'Moscow Vision 2020'" vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] For Roger:  Teabaggers & Race

> http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=56877
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> University of Washington News
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> April 7, 2010 |
> <http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/categories.asp?view=byCategory#PoliticsandG
> overnment> Politics and Government 
> Survey finds that racial attitudes influence the tea party movement in
> battleground states 
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> <http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByAuthorID&numToShow=100
> 00&AuthorID=1754> Catherine O'Donnell 
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> The tea party movement has gotten much attention in recent months, but aside
> from decrying big government and excessive spending, who are the supporters
> and what else do they appear to believe?
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> A new University of Washington survey found that among whites, southerners
> are 12 percent more likely to support the tea party than whites in other
> parts of the U.S., and that conservatives are 28 percent more likely than
> liberals to support the group. 
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> "The tea party is not just about politics and size of government. The data
> suggests it may also be about race,"said Christopher Parker, a UW assistant
> professor of political science who directed the survey.
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> It found that those who are racially resentful, who believe the U.S.
> government has done too much to support blacks, are 36 percent more likely
> to support the tea party than those who are not. 
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> Indeed, strong support for the tea party movement results in a 45 percent
> decline in support for health care reform compared with those who oppose the
> tea party. "While it's clear that the tea party in one sense is about
> limited government, it's also clear from the data that people who want
> limited government don't want certain services for certain kinds of people.
> Those services include health care," Parker said.
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> He directed the Multi-State Survey of Race and Politics, a broad look at
> race relations and politics in contemporary America. The survey reached
> 1,015 residents of Nevada, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, Georgia
> and California. All were battleground states in the 2008 presidential
> election with the exception of California, which was included in the survey
> to represent the West Coast.
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> The survey found that 30 percent of respondents had never heard of the tea
> party, but among those who had, 32 percent strongly approved of it. In that
> group, 56 percent of Republicans strongly approved, 31 percent of
> independents strongly approved and 5 percent of Democrats strongly approved.
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> Among whites who approved, 35 percent said they believe blacks to be
> hardworking, 45 percent said they believe them intelligent and 41 percent
> said they believe them trustworthy.
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>             Whites who disapprove of President Barack Obama, the survey
> found, are 55 percent more likely to support the tea party than those who
> say they approve of him. 
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>             "Are we in a post-racial society? Our survey indicates a
> resounding no," Parker said.         
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> Conducted by telephone from Feb. 8 to March 15, the survey reached 494
> whites, 380 blacks, 77 Latinos and 64 members of other races. The sampling
> error margin is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. The Washington
> Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race and Sexuality and the UW
> Department of Political Science paid for the survey. It was conducted by the
> UW's Center for Survey Research.
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