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Title: Tea Party Unpopularity Rating Reaches All-Time High
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RawStory
URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/ ... npopularity-alltime-high-poll/
Published: Jan 19, 2011
Author: Sahil Kapur
Post Date: 2011-01-19 11:46:34 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 4106
Comments: 7
Two months after they voted in droves to topple Democrats from the House and expand Republican voices in the Senate, the tea party movement's disapproval ratings have reached a new high, according to a new ABC/Washington Post poll.
Fifty-two percent of the US public had an unfavorable view of "the political movement known as the Tea Party," the survey found, as opposed to only 35 percent who approved.
"Nearly three-quarters of Democrats -- including as many moderate and conservative as liberal members of the party -- have negative views of the political movement, as do half of all independents," the Post reported.
The same poll conducted in September found that 45 percent disapproved of the movement, while 36 percent supported it. Last March, its favorable rating exceeded its negative by a margin of 41 to 39 percent.
The shift may reflect a populace growing uncomfortable with the divisiveness of the tea party's designated leaders, such as former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, Fox News host Glenn Beck, and Minnesota Republican Michele Bachmann.
Surveys have consistently found that tea party supporters, though independent in self-description, largely reflect the staunchest conservatives in the Republican Party.
A Gallup poll last summer found that 79 percent of tea partyers identify as leaning Republican, while a whopping 62 percent called themselves "conservative Republican."
Forty percent of the electorate in November's midterms described themselves as tea party supporters, according to exit polls, reflecting, if anything, strong political enthusiasm. Tea party voters helped Republicans retake the House by a dramatic margin of 241-174, voting for GOP candidates by a massive 86-11 percent gap.
The fractured movement comprising thousands of groups across the nation began organizing under the "tea party" banner shortly after President Barack Obama took office, voicing rabid disapproval with taxes, spending and deficits.
The ABC/Post poll also five-point uptick in Obama's approval ratings during the last month, clocking them in at 54 percent, as opposed to 43 who disapprove of his performance. Subscribe to *Tea Party On Parade*
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Two months after they voted in droves to topple Democrats from the House and expand Republican voices in the Senate, the tea party movement's disapproval ratings have reached a new high, according to a new ABC/Washington Post poll.
ANOTHER poll that fails the sniff-test.
How did they manipulate THIS one?
In the end, the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. ... The heresy of heresies was common sense.
-- George Orwell, 1984 --
ME: Thanks for admitting that you ARE trying to spin this (AZ shooting, and terrorism) onto Palin, and conservatives in general.
Brian S(ocialist): I have never hidden that fact...
ME: THERE IS NO MORE MONEY.
GO65: There will be no more money when the U.S. dollar has no value, until that time we can keep printing more. 
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
according to a new ABC/Washington Post poll.
Anything that puts the statist thongs in a wad is a good thing. I hope the Tea Parties are twice as big this year so they'll be pissed off twice as much by this time in 2012.
#3. To: Capitalist Eric (#1)
ANOTHER poll that fails the sniff-test.
Any and all polls that "you people" don't like the results of "fails the sniff-test".
SOP for you and your ilk.
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
#4. To: Brian S (#0)
Even the GOP pollster Rasmussen is seeing the same trend, he now has Obama his best showing since June of last year.
Since January 3, 2011, Republicans have controlled the power of the purse.
#5. To: Brian S (#3)
Any and all polls that "you people" don't like the results of "fails the sniff-test"
LOL. "You peeople..." Would be those that have a modicum of common sense. They recognize bullshit when they see it.
SOP for you and your ilk.
Yeah, my "ilk," those of us who don't buy into your PROPGANDA...?
The funny thing is, you think you're more clever and *better* than me or my "ilk," when the reality is that you'll never improve enough to be our equal.
In the battle of ideas, you come with no weapons. You're the (Monty Python) Black Knight of politics, economics and LIFE.
But thanks for the laughs. You're consistent in your delusions- it's what makes you fun to trash.
In the end, the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. ... The heresy of heresies was common sense.
-- George Orwell, 1984 --
ME: Thanks for admitting that you ARE trying to spin this (AZ shooting, and terrorism) onto Palin, and conservatives in general.
Brian S(ocialist): I have never hidden that fact...
ME: THERE IS NO MORE MONEY.
GO65: There will be no more money when the U.S. dollar has no value, until that time we can keep printing more.
#6. To: Brian S (#0)
I don't know Brain, Stupid Sarah still finds a brain deficit sexy in a male human. ;-D
#7. To: Ferret Mike (#6)
I'm going to use that one. Thanks for posting.
{{{chuckle}}}
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
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