Glenn Beck has a report on a Yale Law School professor, Dan Kahn, who found a strong correlation between science comprehension and self-identified Tea Party membership:
In his analysis, Kahn openly admits he was surprised by the data:
"I've got to confess, though, I found this result surprising. As I pushed the button to run the analysis on my computer, I fully expected I'd be shown a modest negative correlation between identifying with the Tea Party and science comprehension. But then again, I don't know a single person who identifies with the Tea Party. All my impressions come from watching cable tv — & I don't watch Fox News very often — and reading the "paper" (New York Times daily, plus a variety of politics-focused internet sites like Huffington Post & Politico). I'm a little embarrassed, but mainly I'm just glad that I no longer hold this particular mistaken view."