Tea Partiers and Christian Right: Same Thing?

Tea Partiers and Christian Right: Same Thing?

A new report released by Scott Clement and John Green of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life largely confirms the findings of Public Religion Research Institute's American Values Survey. PRRI's American Values Survey, which was conducted in the fall of 2010, debunked much of the conventional wisdom about the Tea Party when it showed that Americans who identified with the Tea Party movement were socially conservative, and had close ties to the Christian Right. PRRI's findings, which were released at a standing room only event at the Brookings Institution, received prominent coverage at the Washington Post, CNN, the Atlantic Monthly, and others.

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