Of the Tea Party activists questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Wednesday morning, seven of 10 call themselves conservatives.

Not exactly an even sampling. 70% conservatives. I wonder why they didn't do a 50/50 poll of conservatives and liberals.

Those who are familiar with the movement are divided right down the middle -- 27 percent support the Tea Party movement, and 27 percent oppose it.

If polls meant anything, this one would, I'm afraid, be skewed by the sampling.

Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
Not exactly an even sampling. 70% conservatives. I wonder why they didn't do a 50/50 poll of conservatives and liberals.

Right from the cuff I'd say that's pretty indicative of an overall nationwide shift towards fiscal conservatism by the nation as a whole over the past 2 years. The majority of American voters are fed up with ballooning national debt, BH. If it had been a partisan question ala "Do you most closely identify yourself as Republican or Democrat" and 70% said "Republican," I'd agree with you entirely. Truth of the matter is, the GOP has exactly demonstrated that they are conservatives of late and the Democrats are light years away...

Conservative and liberal are NOT political parties nor are they a partisan issue. They are core political values. Furthermore, virtually every poll taken of late as shown a very similar 70%-ish portion of the voter base which now consider themselves more conservative than liberal.