Happy tax day.
CBS News and The New York Times took a poll on the Tea Party. Some of the highlights:
• 18% of Americans are Tea Party supporters. One percent of Tea Partiers are black, 89% are white.
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• 63% say they get the majority of their political and current events news on television from the Fox News Channel, compared to 23% of Americans overall.
• 59% of Tea Partiers have a favorable view of Glenn Beck, 6% have an unfavorable view while 34% are unsure. That’s the second-highest favorability number in this poll, after Sarah Palin.