By KATE ZERNIKE and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN
Tea party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public, tend to be Republican, white, male, and married, and their strong opposition to the Obama administration is more rooted in political ideology than anxiety about their personal economic situation, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
The 18 percent of Americans who identify themselves as Tea Party supporters look like Republicans in many ways, but they hold more conservative views on a range of issues and tend to be older than Republicans generally. They are also more likely than Republicans as a whole to describe themselves as ?very conservative? and President Obama as ?very liberal.?
[more at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/us/politics/15poll.html]