Will the Tea Party's support go to the Libertarian and/or Constitution Party?

[retromike22]

And how much will this effect the election?

[Lief 🗽]

The Tea Party's support will go to Mitt Romney, because the Tea Party is just a faction of the Republican party.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

The Tea Party certainly is not libertarian (in the small-l sense).

[Donerail]

I think a small portion of Tea Partiers will go with Johnson (the more Paul-inclined set), but the majority (we'll call them the Bachmannites) will stick with Romney, with the fringe of them defecting to Goode.

[morgieb]

The Tea Party's support will go to Mitt Romney, because the Tea Party is just a faction of the Republican party.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I think a small portion of Tea Partiers will go with Johnson (the more Paul-inclined set), but the majority (we'll call them the Bachmannites) will stick with Romney, with the fringe of them defecting to Goode.

The fringe of the Bachmannites will not vote for Goode, as the Constitution Party has Ron Pauls' foreign policy. Tom Hoeflings 'America's Party" is the neoconservative rival of the Constitution Party. I have a feeling that is where most Bachmannites will go, seeing as the America's Party has managed to get some ballot access.

The Constitution Party is going to destroy itself soon. The Alan Keyes faction has managed to get itself locked in, and the original Buchananites are leaving in droves. I doubt it will make it as a party to 2016.

[Maxwell]

I think a small portion of Tea Partiers will go with Johnson (the more Paul-inclined set), but the majority (we'll call them the Bachmannites) will stick with Romney, with the fringe of them defecting to Goode.

sounds accruate

[Wisconsin+17]

3-4 percent nationally to Goode, 1 percent nationally to the Libertarians. O+5 vs Romney + 5 percent loss of Romney's base, means that every state that Romney isn't leading by 10, he is vulnerable.

[Dr. Cynic]

3-4 percent nationally to Goode, 1 percent nationally to the Libertarians. O+5 vs Romney + 5 percent loss of Romney's base, means that every state that Romney isn't leading by 10, he is vulnerable.

Wait, you're saying 3-4 percent of the votes will go to Virgil Goode?... Come on. What are you smoking and where can I get some?

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

3-4 percent nationally to Goode, 1 percent nationally to the Libertarians. O+5 vs Romney + 5 percent loss of Romney's base, means that every state that Romney isn't leading by 10, he is vulnerable.

Wait, you're saying 3-4 percent of the votes will go to Virgil Goode?... Come on. What are you smoking and where can I get some?

I assume he meant of the Tea Party. Nobody else knows who Virgil Goode is.

[memphis]

And Ronald McDonald will supprt the Whopper.