Dan Branch

• 2014 GOP Lieutenant Governor Primary Vote Choice (October 2011)

  Respondents indicating that they would vote in the Republican primary were asked, "If the 2012 Republican primary election for lieutenant governor were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven't you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. *Respondents were incorrectly asked about their primary vote for the 2012 primary for lieutenant governor, when they should have been asked about their vote intention for the 2014 Republican primary. This was corrected on the last day of interviewing, with no significant difference found between those asked their vote intention for 2012 versus 2014.

• GOP Lieutenant Governor Primary Vote Choice (October 2012)

  Likely voters were asked," If the 2014 Republican primary election for lieutenant governor were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven't you thought about it enough to have an opinion? " "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either "Extremely" or "Somewhat" interested in politics in Q2 AND either voted in "Every" or "Almost every" election in Q3.

• Republican Attorney General Primary Vote Choice (October 2013)

  Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Republican Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Republican primary election for attorney general were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven’t you thought about it enough to have an opinion?"

• Does the Tea Party Really Want to Limit Government?

  March 13, 2014 | By: James Henson, PhD, Joshua Blank, PhD

  It might be tempting to romanticize the Tea Party as something distinct from the Republican Party, but poll data suggests that Tea Party voters would support using government power to enact unquestionably conservative policies.