By now it has been well established that the teabaggers are by and large rich white men who are implacably opposed to pro-working-class economic policy, real or imagined. It turns out that they are not even libertarians à la Ron Paul, Reason Magazine, or the Cato Institute — they are just a bunch of hawks and likudniks.
Quinnipiac University Poll/April 22, 2010
From April 14-19, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,930 registered voters nationwide with a margin of error of +/- 2.2 percent
Do you think the U.S. is doing the right thing by fighting the war in Afghanistan now, or should the U.S. not be involved in Afghanistan now?
| Total | Rep | Dem | Ind | Lib | Mod | Con | Tea Party | |
| Right thing | 56% | 71% | 42% | 57% | 41% | 53% | 69% | 75% |
| Shld not be inv | 36 | 21 | 49 | 37 | 50 | 40 | 25 | 18 |
| DK/NA | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Do you think eliminating the threat from terrorists operating from Afghanistan is a worthwhile goal for American troops to fight and possibly die for or not?
| Total | Rep | Dem | Ind | Lib | Mod | Con | Tea Party | |
| Yes | 61% | 73% | 51% | 63% | 54% | 57% | 72% | 77% |
| No | 31 | 21 | 40 | 30 | 39 | 36 | 21 | 17 |
| DK/NA | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
Do you approve or disapprove of cutting the number of United States nuclear weapons?
| Total | Rep | Dem | Ind | Lib | Mod | Con | Tea Party | |
| Approve | 54% | 32% | 73% | 55% | 80% | 61% | 34% | 22% |
| Disapprove | 42 | 64 | 22 | 42 | 16 | 35 | 63 | 77 |
| DK/NA | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Do you approve or disapprove of stopping development or testing of any new nuclear weapons?
| Total | Rep | Dem | Ind | Lib | Mod | Con | Tea Party | |
| Approve | 49% | 33% | 67% | 47% | 71% | 54% | 32% | 26% |
| Disapprove | 47 | 63 | 29 | 49 | 26 | 43 | 62 | 69 |
| DK/NA | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Do you approve or disapprove of not using nuclear weapons against countries that do not have them?
| Total | Rep | Dem | Ind | Lib | Mod | Con | Tea Party | |
| Approve | 57% | 47% | 70% | 56% | 73% | 63% | 44% | 43% |
| Disapprove | 36 | 45 | 25 | 38 | 23 | 32 | 48 | 52 |
| DK/NA | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Do you approve or disapprove of not using nuclear weapons against countries that do not have them, even if they launched a biological or chemical weapons attack against the United States?
| Total | Rep | Dem | Ind | Lib | Mod | Con | Tea Party | |
| Approve | 36% | 30% | 45% | 35% | 43% | 41% | 29% | 29% |
| Disapprove | 58 | 67 | 48 | 59 | 51 | 54 | 68 | 70 |
| DK/NA | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
From what you know about the situation in the Middle East, do your sympathies lie more with Israel or more with the Palestinians?
| Total | Rep | Dem | Ind | Lib | Mod | Con | Tea Party | |
| Israel | 57% | 70% | 46% | 57% | 42% | 49% | 75% | 82% |
| Palestinians | 13 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 |
| DK/NA | 31 | 23 | 35 | 30 | 37 | 36 | 18 | 15 |
Is your opinion of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu favorable, unfavorable or haven’t you heard enough about him?
| Total | Rep | Dem | Ind | Lib | Mod | Con | Tea Party | |
| Favorable | 30% | 42% | 18% | 33% | 18% | 23% | 44% | 55% |
| Unfavorable | 14 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 4 |
| Hvn’t hrd enough | 54 | 51 | 59 | 49 | 53 | 58 | 48 | 38 |
| REFUSED | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Do you think the President of the United States should be a strong supporter of Israel or not?
| Total | Rep | Dem | Ind | Lib | Mod | Con | Tea Party | |
| Yes/Should | 66% | 76% | 61% | 66% | 56% | 61% | 78% | 83% |
| No/Should NOT | 19 | 14 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 9 |
| DK/NA | 15 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 9 |
Source: “April 22, 2010 — Senate Should Ratify Nuclear Disarmament Treaty, U.S. Voters Tell Quinnipiac University National Poll; Obama Not Strong Enough On Israel, Voters Say,” Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
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