john a. powell, professor, Moritz College of Law and executive director, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
A: ”Tea Party supporters are more likely to be White (80 percent), middle-aged, with higher than average education and income levels. As our nation becomes increasingly multicultural, and as minorities begin to assume positions of power, Whites can experience anxiety over a potential decline in their historically privileged social and economic position. These fears and attitudes can drive political opinion.”
