tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post3873124167139995845..comments2024-03-02T09:41:35.809-08:00Comments on Donkeylicious - A Blog by Neil Sinhababu and Nicholas Beaudrot: The Teabaggers And The PoorNeil Sinhababuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-23260555945017691282010-04-19T17:36:48.663-07:002010-04-19T17:36:48.663-07:00Right, sorry, it's
abs(T-I)Right, sorry, it's<br /> abs(T-I)Nick Beaudrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794690208464883973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-40438957820318348382010-04-19T14:20:43.490-07:002010-04-19T14:20:43.490-07:00Is a negative T - I converted being to a positive ...Is a negative T - I converted being to a positive value for some statements?<br /><br />I find it hard to believe that a random teabagger is 20% *more* likely to agree with "Abortion should be generally available to those who want it" than a random non-teabagging independent.Brocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-68987955351738302702010-04-19T08:09:26.774-07:002010-04-19T08:09:26.774-07:00@Dennis: that's certainly a factor, but that s...@Dennis: that's certainly a factor, but that some of the questions on poor people have larger gaps. So there seems to be some specific ire towards poor people.<br /><br />@Brock: Yes, it's T-I.Nick Beaudrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794690208464883973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-91673059728802177092010-04-19T07:51:47.510-07:002010-04-19T07:51:47.510-07:00Can you clarify this chart? E.g. does the first co...Can you clarify this chart? E.g. does the first column mean that T% of teabaggers agree with the statement "Obama is moving the country toward socialism", I% of non-teabagging independents agree with that statement, and T - I = 45?Brocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-10595477350089719932010-04-19T05:50:11.466-07:002010-04-19T05:50:11.466-07:00Isn't there the classic race/poverty switch he...Isn't there the classic race/poverty switch here? I had thought that teabaggers were broadly more supportive of social security and medicare than white independents generally because of group solidarity. I think the policy proposal is probably still right, but that the reason it'll work is probably not primarily economic.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455880918686612254noreply@blogger.com