I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
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Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
According to a recent Gallup poll, tea partiers are mostly white (79 percent), conservative (70 percent) and male (55 percent). While 68 percent of tea party supporters have not graduated from college, 55 percent—make more than $50,000 per year.
They are also far more likely than the general public to be opposed to abortion rights. While 45 percent of Americans say they’re pro-choice, only 26 percent of tea partiers describe themselves that way; 65 percent say they’re pro-life.
These results differ slightly from a recent Quinnipiac University poll that found there were more women than men in the tea party movement.
Unsurprisingly, the Gallup poll also found that those in the tea party movement are against the health care bill by a wide margin; of those in the tea party movement, 87 percent think that the passage of health care reform is a “bad thing” while just 12 percent say it was a “good thing.”
As for the general view of the tea party movement, it remains polarizing; 37 percent are supportive of the tea party movement while 40 percent are opposed.
“Predictably,” Gallup writes, “Republicans and conservatives are most likely to have favorable opinions.”
The results are from a national poll of 1,033 adults from March 26-28.
