Just 8% Now Say They Are Tea Party Members

[DonViejo]

Source: Rasmussen Reports

Views of the Tea Party movement are at their lowest point ever, with voters for the first time evenly divided when asked to match the views of the average Tea Party member against those of the average member of Congress. Only eight percent (8%) now say they are members of the Tea Party, down from a high of 24% in April 2010 just after passage of the national health care law.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 30% of Likely U.S. Voters now have a favorable opinion of the Tea Party. Half (49%) of voters have an unfavorable view of the movement. Twenty-one percent (21%) are undecided. -snip-

The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on January 3-4, 2013 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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[still_one]

1. and look how much media coverage they get

[LynneSin]

2. I'd rather be a party of this tea party.....

That had to be the creepiest tea party EVER in a movie. Buscemi does a great creepy serial killer and probably the only good part of what was a very crappy movie!

[onehandle]

5. It was like he was in a different movie.

He was genius.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

15. You hit it. THAT was what I was thinking but not

fully recognizing.

[onehandle]

17. I think you could do a director's cut down to a ten minute movie and get him an Oscar. nt

[Laf.La.Dem.]

3. Sad to say but . . .

As soon as FOX “news” starts stirring up the pot - that will increase to 25%.
We need to “take back” our country, we can not tax the job creators, etc. etc.

[narnian60]

4. 30% of voters approving of them & 21% undecided is still pretty scary.

[MightyMopar]

6. Wonder how many Baggers are RBKA extremists?

[musiclawyer]

7. I feel bad for the rock band "the tea party"

They had the name long before

[cyclezealot]

8. Maybe so.

On a National scale. Most of the country views them as nuts.
Still, they are concentrated in a swath of congressional districts centered from Roanoke, Va to Phoenix , AZ making their legislative impact greater than their numbers. Making like miserable for all The US has way to many towns, with the suffix of 'hicks. '.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

16. They also pose a danger to certain GOP senators, McTurtle included.

[cyclezealot]

18. McTurtle is no intellect

But, would he be less crazy if he did not have to pander to crazies.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

30. his craziness has been set in stone for decades

But the presence of so many Tea Baggers in his state must make him feel something he hasn't experienced in years. Fear.

[marmar]

9. After everything that's transpired, I still find it frightening that 8% still claim the Tea Party...

[AAO]

20. 8% of the population is mentally challenged : IQ > 80

[CountAllVotes]

10. Now they are "independents" ...

or some other such B.S. They cannot say what they really are so they say they are an "independent" voter and I've even seen some go so far as to call themselves "progressives".

They won't admit they are baggers true and through IMO. Once a bagger always a bagger!!!

If the shoe fits you wear it teabagger!

[brett_jv]

11. I'm surprised we've not had a troll on here yet ...

To explain to us that the REAL number is actually MUCH higher, but that the Baggers are too smart to answer this question in the affirmative because they know that if they say yes they'll end up on Obammie's FBI watch-list. They don't wanna get caught up in the dragnet when Hilary and her troupe of Lesbian UN Stormtroopers come to collect all the guns and throw them into the FEMA camps ... don't you know?

[CountAllVotes]

12. I think the #'s are much higher

Nothing worse than being a "bagger in hiding".

[olddad56]

13. like an undercover bagger.

[CountAllVotes]

14. actually I know of a few of them

They won't say which political party they belong to but they don't seem to know what a "tea bagger" is conveniently enough.

Show yourselves you baggers in hiding!!!

[Jackpine Radical]

19. I'd have to vote "Undecided."

I'm not sure if they're just minions of Satan, or if they're actual family.

[valerief]

21. 8% of what? nt

[Derek in Iowa]

22. The National Institute of Mental Health

says 9.1% of the population has a "diagnosable personality disorder." Do those two numbers (8% and 9.1%) seem oddly close to anybody besides me?

Here's the page if you want to check it out:
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/the-numbers-count-mental-disorders-in-america/index.shtml

[Quantess]

23. That is not going to be well received here.

First, it's an unscientific idea pulled out of...let's say, thin air.
Second, it's potentially offensive to people with mental illness.

Just giving you some insight about how the DU community tends to take comments like these, seeing that you are new here.
Then again, I could be wrong, and your comparison may go over well. Either way, welcome to DU.

[Leopolds Ghost]

25. So Congressional favorability ratings are now the benchmark for ultimate lack of popularity

And illegitimacy? How interesting.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

26. Dying breed

[dkf]

27. It was those crazy rape statement tea bag types that did it in.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

28. I'm sorry to hear that, but stay strong

It's always darkest just before the teabag...well, nevermind, but you get the idea.

[Itchinjim]

29. "30% of Likely U.S. Voters now have a favorable opinion of the Tea Party."

30%, always the 30%.