Digging Deeper: People who are for government consolidation are no different in their party registration from people who are against the issue. In fact, proponents of consolidation are just as likely as opponents to be Tea Party supporters. There is little ideological divide, as well.

For		Against
37%	Party registration: Democrat	35%
30%	Party registration: Republican	33%
31%	Party registration: Non-enrolled	29%
26%	Tea Party: Supporter	27%
66%	Tea Party: Not a Supporter	65%
32%	Political ideology: Very conservative/Conservative	35%
44%	Political ideology: Moderate	38%
24%	Political ideology: Very liberal/Liberal	27%