Dennis Claxton wrote:
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> Even if the 67,000 or so members we have identified overall
> understates the number of tea party members by a factor of 10, the
> number would still be fairly small in relation to the electorate as a whole.
Unless they were all either DP voters or non-voters in the past the effect on the election would be zero regardless of their number --for it merely represents votes the RP would have anyhow.
They are of interest onlyif they have some impact independenly of elections.
Carrol