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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew Pew poll: "The Tea Party is less popular than ever, with even many Republicans now viewing the
movement negatively. Overall, nearly half of the public (49%) has an unfavorable opinion of the Tea Party, while 30% have a favorable opinion.
The Tea Partys favorability rating has fallen across most groups since June, but the decline has been particularly dramatic among moderate and liberal Republicans. In the current survey, just 27% of moderate and liberal Republicans have a favorable impression of the Tea Party, down from 46% in June.
The decline in favorable views of the Tea Party over the past four months crosses party lines Republicans, independents and Democrats all offer more negative assessments today than in June.
When members of Congress face a choice between voting for what they think is best for the country and voting with the views of their constituents, the publics stance is that members should vote to represent their district. This view is particularly prevalent among Tea Party Republicans.
http://www.people-press.org/2013/10/16/tea-partys-image-turns-more-negative/
"If a member thinks a bill is in the best interests of the country, but a majority of constituents are opposed, the member should ..."
Interesting that Democratic representatives are split 47-47 over which way they would go. Republican reps would go against their own assessment of the national interest and vote with constituents by a 63-32 margin, tea,party reps by an even more lopsided 76-22 margin.
louis-t
(23,295 posts)easily manipulated, lying, phony ass, dumbshits.
Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)If that subspecies isn't extinct, there hasn't been a validated sighting in a good, long while.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
Southside
(338 posts)Companies that rely on the Government to put food on the table shafted
Head start payments missed
20+billion in gross domestic product lost
Countless vacations ruined to parks and museums
Heartburn for those who paid attention
Worries about espionage and national security
Three weeks of the President's limited time wasted for nothing.
Untold stories of people in need of access to websites, IRS info, mortgage loan applications and military commissary groceries.
This was not a victory Carnival Cruz, you shut us down and got nothing.