Why would an Independent voter support a Tea Party Republican?

No. As usual, Republicans lied. From Gallup: --"Conservative Republicans outnumber moderate/liberal Republicans in the general population by about a 2-to-1 margin; among Tea Party supporters, the ratio is well more than 3 to 1.

More generally, almost 8 out of 10 Tea Party supporters are Republicans, compared with 44% of all national adults."-- Since there isn't actually one "Tea Party", but lots of groups of people calling themselves tea baggers, different polls get different readings. But to claim 1/3 overall are Democrats is simply dishonest. But one should not be surprised when a Republican/Tea Bagger lies.

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