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					Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop  If it's 10% Dem, those are self-identified Dems who mostly didn't vote for Obama and often don't vote Dem.  If it's only 30% GOP, the others are people who consistently vote GOP but don't self-identify with the party.  Which is to say, they're conservatives. | 
	
 
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					Originally Posted by sgtclub  If that helps you sleep better at night. | 
	
 Around here, the repub county committees have substantial (junior) leadership overlap with the county tea party committees.  So the organization, at least, is predominantly regular Rs tacking away from the regular social conservatives (w/o *necessarily* disagreeing with them).