Same basic middle class right-wing populist demographic that one election decided that a radical would shake things up just fine and throw the bums out and restore sensible government...
See:
Fritzsche, Peter. 1990. Rehearsals for Fascism: Populism and Political Mobilization in Weimar Germany. New York: Oxford University Press.
Fritzsche, Peter. 1998. Germans into Nazis. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
Chip
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From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org on behalf of Doug Henwood Sent: Wed 2/17/2010 2:48 PM To: lbo-talk Subject: [lbo-talk] who are the Teabaggers?
Disproportionately white, rural, male, upscale, conservative:
http://race42008.com/2010/02/17/poll-watch-cnnopinion-research-survey-on-tea-party-movement/
i.e., your better-off hick. ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk