A new poll reveals the tea party movement is four times as popular as Congress, which has an approval rating at a near-record low of 12 percent. The survey also includes a not-so-subtle warning to incumbents that they may be gone this fall.
"Nearly a year after they sprang to life in local groups across America, the so-called tea-party movement is winning acceptance from a wide swath of the electorate nationwide. Well over half of likely voters nationwide – a 56 percent – hold a positive impression of the movement, compared to just 30 percent who hold a negative opinion of it," said Fritz Wenzel of Wenzel Strategies.
"This spells the beginning of a movement that is likely to continue its growth and influence. The intensity of positive opinion for this movement is remarkably strong as nearly half, 44 percent, hold a "very positive" opinion of the movement," he said."
What is impressive is that the movement not only survived that early onslaught of attacks last summer – being called an 'astro-turf' movement manufactured by insurance companies to oppose health care reform – but is actually thriving today," he said. "
As much as the political left may want to pretend this movement is nothing more than an insignificant number of malcontents, this latest polling screams another story. Opponents of the movement who ignore it or discount it do so at their own significant peril," he said.
4 comments:
Let's try our best to remember this movement is NOT about the Republican Party.
It is about big government and taxation without representation.
It is about throwing out the "bums" in Washington from BOTH politcal parties.
I believe it will spawn the growth of a Libertarian Party candidate for each congressional seat.
My opinion
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This movement gives the next election to Obama. There will be so much fighting between the Tea Party and Republicans Obama will just slip right by.
Libertarian party? I dont even like the sound of that...plz explain what the heck that stands for?
Libertarian Party believes in a Constitutional Republic form of government.
It believes in the liberty of each one of us, individually, as opposed to the will of the majority.
It seeks to protect individual freedom.
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