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nyquil_man

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1. I did a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 05:49 PM

Dec 2013

based on the exit polls.

21% responded that they supported the Tea Party. That's about 27 million voters. Of those, 87%, or about 23.6 million, voted for Romney.

If you look at conservatives, there were about 45 million of them. 37 million of them went for Romney. So you're not that far off the mark.

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What percentage of Romney voters were self-reported "Tea Party" supporters? [View all] YoungDemCA Dec 2013 OP

I did a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation nyquil_man Dec 2013 #1

Who really knows Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #2

And, besides ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2013 #3

Good points YoungDemCA Dec 2013 #4