Americans Dislike the Tea Party More Than Ever Before

Americans Dislike the Tea Party More Than Ever Before

It's hard out there for a tea partier.

The upstart conservative movement was all the rage in the summer of 2009, and channeled that energy into a wave of victories in the 2010 midterm elections, sending dozens of hard-line, intransigent Republicans to Congress. However, a new CNN/ORC poll (PDF) out Tuesday shows that the pendulum of public opinion has swung away from the tea party.

Just 28 percent of Americans hold favorable views of the tea party, an all-time low in the 19 months that CNN/ORC pollsters have gauged Americans' feelings about the movement. At the same time, 53 percent of Americans think poorly of the tea party, an all-time high. According to CNN/ORC, the movement's popularity peaked in the spring of 2010, when 38 percent of Americans said they liked the tea party and only 36 percent said they didn't.

CNN's polls aren't the only ones to pick up a decline in support for the tea party. In a pair of Pew Research Center polls conducted in February 2010 and August 2011, disapproval of the tea party jumped from 18 percentage points; the percentage of those who said they liked the movement increased from 33 to 36 percent. Washington Post-ABC and Wall Street Journal-NBC polls also found declining support for the tea party from 2009 to 2010.

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/09/tea ... -unpopular

Dang... There goes the neighborhood.... I guess it sucks to be a TP'er these days....

LadyJazzer wrote:
Dang... There goes the neighborhood.... I guess it sucks to be a TP'er these days....

Wow, their numbers are right down the toilet along with every other political figure, including Obama. Y'think it might be some kind of trend?

I actually do think it's a trend. It shows the majority of Americans aren't happy with any political candidate or party.

Maybe they'll start selling "Never Happy" Meals at McDonalds. Nmysys could be the first to be served.

Screw you WAYN-ASS

:rofl

Obama or Tea Party...which has lower ratings?

Oops, it's Obama. rofllol rofllol rofllol

residenttroll wrote: Obama or Tea Party...which has lower ratings?

Oops, it's Obama. rofllol rofllol rofllol

wrong....it's congress

archer wrote:

residenttroll wrote: Obama or Tea Party...which has lower ratings?

Oops, it's Obama. rofllol rofllol rofllol

wrong....it's congress

Especially the Democrat controlled Senate - thanks for reminding me.

residenttroll wrote:

archer wrote:

residenttroll wrote: Obama or Tea Party...which has lower ratings?

Oops, it's Obama. rofllol rofllol rofllol

wrong....it's congress

Especially the Democrat controlled Senate - thanks for reminding me.

How convenient you don't mention the Republican controlled House....you conservatives just can't bring yourselves to take responsibility for anything, it's always someone elses fault.

archer wrote:

residenttroll wrote:

archer wrote:

residenttroll wrote: Obama or Tea Party...which has lower ratings?

Oops, it's Obama. rofllol rofllol rofllol

wrong....it's congress

Especially the Democrat controlled Senate - thanks for reminding me.

How convenient you don't mention the Republican controlled House....you conservatives just can't bring yourselves to take responsibility for anything, it's always someone elses fault.

Yeah, who's been in charge of Congress since 2006?