By all accounts, the majority of colonists during the revolution were torries...
Point is, it's not what the majority is ready to do, but what the few active folks are willing to give up to accomplish their goals. Remember, we're a republic, and while we've strayed from that in many ways with our modern democratic approach to everything, the reality is a few active folks can accomplish quite a bit.
This is a baby step, meaningless in and of itself, but it's also a display of an attitude that's long been dormant in this country. This could signal an awakening or simply be another ripple in our allowance of the federal government's growth. I prefer to be optimistic, realizing that our representatives wouldn't have 'wasted their time' in this effort if they didn't believe it was our right and what their constituents want.