"even right-wing pollsters like Rasmussen are finding that support for the Tea Party movement is [View all]
absolutely cratering."
Tea Party Brand Now A Liability To Tea Party
And Republicans
Palm Beach Posts George Bennet wrote last week about how so-called Tea Party groups seem to be running away from the Tea Party name in places like Florida.
But its little wonder these folks are running from the name. Their popularity, and their name brand, is now plummeting along with the fortunes of the congressional Republican Party. As Bennet notes, even right-wing pollsters like Rasmussen are finding that support for the Tea Party movement is absolutely cratering.
Rasmussen, a favorite polling firm of conservatives, found in a survey this month that only 8 percent of voters identify themselves as Tea Party members, down from a high of 24 percent shortly after passage of the federal health care law in 2010. The poll found 30 percent of voters had a favorable view of the Tea Party and 49 percent had a negative view. An October Rasmussen poll found 44 percent of voters considered Tea Party a negative label, eclipsing liberal as the most potent negative adjective.
And, again, hes the Republican pollster. A NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds, according to Benen, that attitudes about the Tea Party are abysmal. Just 9% have a very positive impression of the so-called movement an all-time low, he writes, while 32% have a very negative impression an all-time high. All told, the Tea Partys favorability rating is down to just 23%, which is even lower than the GOPs support and that of the NRA.
http://www.nationalmemo.com/tea-party-brand-now-a-liability-to-tea-party-and-republicans/
Always good to see evidence of the further decline in tea party popularity.