Prussia-Steinbach wrote:"Several polls have been conducted on the demographics of the movement. Though the various polls sometimes turn up slightly different results, they tend to show that Tea Party supporters tend more likely than Americans overall to be white, male, married, older than 45, regularly attending religious services, conservative, and to be more wealthy and have more education."
I have found that to be my actual experience, they are much as P-S has pointed out above. More wealthy and more educated than what though. They are seem a bit above the mean income as a group in my experiences and not really all that more educated than most, but a few have been. What I notice the most about these guys is they are mostly retired, very unhappy about what they call "cultural changes" and are constantly complaining to anyone that will listen, that is how they bond. I doubt they are ever satisfied with anything from my conversations with them. Because I am in my early 60s with gray hair, they assume I am one of them when crossing paths in public and will just come up to me and start bitching about anything,and everything, usually starting with Obama, then the laziness of young people and next how everything has gone to hell. About then I tell them I voted for Obama twice and they take a few steps back and give me the evil eye, make a smart ass remark and get away before I can respond. My daughter loves when this happens. She says they look so shocked and lost when you tell them you voted for the President, LOL. I liked the old people that were around when I was a kid. They had less, but were far more happy. Hmm. There is a moral there.
