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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"even right-wing pollsters like Rasmussen are finding that support for the Tea Party movement is
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.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)Problem for them is that their base will be too old and tired by 2016. Many will have died, and left great wealth to their children and grandchildren who will spend it on all those things the Tea Party hates, including contributing to the Dem party.
srican69
(1,426 posts)so not surprising
lpbk2713
(42,753 posts)Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)...and you know the rest.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)plain old garden variety arch-conservatives. . .
We could take back the House.. Gerrymandered or not.
Ernesto
(5,077 posts)Marr
(20,317 posts)that the right-wing political and business establishment has read the writing on the wall, and now recognize that they can't win national elections with the Archie Bunker vote anymore.
So the non-stop, free and undeserved fawning for the Tea Party has ceased in their corporate media outlets, and they're in the process of throwing them over board.