Tea Party Index

41 - Per cent of Tea Party members who believe President Obama was NOT born in the United States

52 - Per cent of Tea Party members who believe “too much has been made of the problems facing black people”

31 - Per cent of Americans who approve of the Tea party movement

89 - Per cent of tea Party members who are white

40 - Per cent of Tea Party members who are 45 years old or older

61 - Per cent of Tea Party members who are male

44 - Per cent of Tea Party members who identify as “born again”

$285,000 - Amount contributed to Scott Brown’s campaign by the Tea Party

$12 million - Amount Sarah Palin has earned in speaking fees since losing her bid for Vice-President

2.3 million - Number of copies of Sarah Palin’s autobiography sold to date

$1 million - Amount of three-year contract Fox News gave Sarah Palin to serve as a contributor to the news

$250,00 - Amount Sarah Palin is paid per episode for her Learning Channel reality show about Alaska

$100,00 - Amount the Tea Party paid Sarah Palin for her keynote address at their first national convention

91 - Per cent of Tea Party members who support smaller government with fewer services

95 - Per cent of all American households that received a tax cut in 2009

10 - Per cent increase in the average IRS tax refund over last year

2 - Per cent of Tea Party members that think taxes were cut last year

44 - Per cent of Tea Party members who believe taxes were increased last year

86 - Per cent of Tea Party members believe that taxes are too high

57 - Per cent of Americans who believe taxes are too high

1 - Per cent of richest families that earn 24% of all income in the country

400 -Number of richest taxpayers who saw their income double in 2009 and their taxes reduced by 50%

65 - Per cent of Tea Party members who believe Social security is a form of Socialism

92 - Per cent of Tea Party members who believe the US is moving more towards Socialism than Capitalism