Poll: Tea party support shrinks by half since 2010 elections

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By Stephen C. Webster

A CBS/New York Times poll released Friday (PDF) shows that support for the tea party, the arch-conservative wing of the Republican party, has been cut virtually in half since the 2010 elections, even as their elected representatives seem to be growing in clout.

The survey's historical data shows that tea party support peaked at 31 percent around the time of the 2010 elections, but has since declined to just 18 percent.

The steepest drop-off in people identifying themselves as members of the tea party came in just the last two months, as tea party Republicans in Congress held hostage an effort to raise the nation's debt limit until Democrats agreed to severe budget cuts.

As a consequence of that debate, the percentage of respondents who said the tea party had too much influence spiked, going from 27 percent in April to 43 percent in August.

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/05/poll-tea-party-support-shrinks-by-half-since-2010-elections/

[arcane1]

1. Prediction: like the proudly self-described republicans did after Bush left office

they'll deny the teabaggers and claim they were "libertarian" all along :eyes:

[LiberalLoner]

2. Absolutely. These people are hypocrites and liars and deny everything all the time. n/t

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

3. They did their damage

They've successfully heeled a president who had an opportunity to be great and made him into a wuss (although I'm sure they still claim he's a socialist) and given the keys to a reckless bunch of corporate whores. They'll get riled up again if we manage to take back the house, but that may not be for awhile.

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[monmouth]

5. They finally realized their grifter Palin is not going to run..LOL...n/t

[elfin]

6. But the money using their label keeps on coming

from the fake astroturf "organizations" sponsored by Dick Arme and Rove and the Kochs.

This, of course, makes them seem more real than they are -- or ever were.

[Ohio Joe]

7. I think people realize they are racist douchebags now

They had some good propaganda going when their corporate masters first created them. People are seeing them for what they are now though and only racist tools are staying with them.

[arcane1]

8. Indeed, they riled up seniors frightened of "death panels" n/t

[tularetom]

9. You'd never know that by turning on any cable "news" source

It's wall to wall tea party on almost every show you watch.

The only reason they had any clout at all is becuase the liberal media pumped them up to the point where everybody inside the beltway was afraid of 'em.