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A few weeks back, CNN released the results of a poll that shows that Tea Party activists and sympathizers are largely drawn from the ranks of the upper middle class. Almost three quarters of the teabaggers have attended college compared with 54 percent of all Americans, and 66% reported annual incomes of $50,000 or above. The largest income group among teabaggers were people making $75,000 or more. The only demographic characteristics that jibe with many leftists' perceptions of the teabaggers is that they tend to be rural or suburban white males.