Tea Party Unfavorability Jumps In New AP Poll

[Lunabelle]

It seems that the Tea Party's governing style, most clearly on display during the debt ceiling fight in Congress, has taken a toll on Americans' view of the movement. Polls have been showing a drop in its approval, and a new AP/GfK poll shows that its unfavorable rating has seen a sharp rise. 46 percent of those surveyed said they have a negative view of the Tea Party movement, versus 28 who say they view it favorably.

The last time the AP conducted a national poll on Americans' favorability of Tea Partiers was in their pre-governing period: throughout 2010 the conservative movement was viewed slightly unfavorably but the splits were close. In June of 2010 it even earned a positive rating, with 33 percent of over 1,000 adults surveyed finding the movement favorable against 30 percent. In the last AP rating, taken Nov. 3-8, 2010, directly after the 2010 election, the split stood at a slim negative rating of 32 percent favorable against 36 unfavorable.

The jump of ten points in the negative number is all in the "very unfavorable" category. In November of 2010 there were 22 percent who viewed the Tea Party that way, which has risen to 32 percent. The "somewhat unfavorable" number remains unchanged in the last nine months, steady at 14 percent.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/08/tea-party-movement-getting-americans-steamed.php

[OHdem10]

1. Thank the Tea Party for ONE TRILLION DOLLAR loss when they

were so obstinate on Raising the Debt Ceiling Level.
That Debacle clinched it for the Tea Party and the GOP.

It still appears the GOP does not get how much damage
was done to America with that stupid act.

Added: My source for the actual financial loss was
Bloomberg News TV News.

[Kalidurga]

2. Finally I jumped on a band wagon before the trend...

I have had an unfavorable view of the tea party before it became popular to do so...I knew this was going to happen that they would over play their hand and lose popular support (not that they ever had majority support), I was actually shocked they didn't over play their hand before the 2010 mid terms. But, when they "won" I said from the get go it was the beginning of the end for them.