A new poll by EPIC-MRA shows that only one-third of Michigan voters approve of the Tea Party now. That's down from 40 percent in August. National polls also have shown the Tea Party plummeting in support since the debt ceiling debate, with one survey showing the group less popular than atheists and Muslims.
A combined 43 percent opposed the Tea Party movement in August in the EPIC-MRA poll. That number went up to 44 percent in October with undecideds going from 17 to 23 percent.
In August, 19 percent strongly supported the efforts of the fiscal conservatives while 21 percent "somewhat supported" the cause. By October, those numbers dipped to 14 and 19 percent, respectively.
The survey of 600 registered voters was taken Oct. 1 to 4 and has a 4-percent margin of error.
