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More in U.S. follow Tea Party news
UPI ^ | Sept. 23, 2010 | UPI

Posted on 09/23/2010 2:02:31 PM PDT by mdittmar

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- About half of U.S. adults say they are following news about the Tea Party movement, a poll released Thursday indicated.

More than two in five, 43 percent, say they agree with the Tea Party's core principles, Angus Reid Public Opinion reported, while 25 percent disagree. The number of people following Tea Party news has increased 8 percentage points since June to 50 percent, while the number in agreement is up 4 percentage points.

Nearly a third (32 percent) of those polled say the Tea Party will have a positive effect on U.S. politics while 21 percent say the effect will be negative.

Republicans are far more likely to be sympathetic to the Tea Party, with 72 percent agreeing with its core principals and 59 percent expecting it to have a positive effect on U.S. politics. While 25 percent of Republicans say the Tea Party should become affiliated with an existing party, 26 percent of independents say it should become a third party.

Angus Reid, based in Toronto, surveyed 1,009 members of its Springboard America panel online on Sept. 15-16. The margin of error is 3.1 percentage points.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2010polls; teaparty

1 posted on 09/23/2010 2:02:34 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar
surveyed 1,009 members of its Springboard America panel

Who dat?

2 posted on 09/23/2010 2:05:27 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is a violent and tyrannical political ideology and has nothing to do with "religion".)
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To: mdittmar

“...25 percent disagree...”

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Ignorant generational parasites, or elitist Commies, or in the case of (some)college professors, both.


3 posted on 09/23/2010 2:07:51 PM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: mdittmar

T Party is here to stay and it will only be a matter of time til it takes down the Crats.


4 posted on 09/23/2010 2:10:14 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (counter revolutionary)
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To: mdittmar

The way Americans can get a heart for Tea Parties is to make a sign and go to one.


5 posted on 09/23/2010 2:41:29 PM PDT by RoadTest (Religion is a substitute for the relationship God wants with you.)
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To: EyeGuy
“...25 percent disagree...”

Ignorant generational parasites, or elitist Commies, or in the case of (some)college professors, both.

The hardcore Democrat base.

6 posted on 09/23/2010 3:33:22 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: EyeGuy
Welfare mothers, blacks, union thugs, college professors and mainline preachers.
7 posted on 09/23/2010 7:53:21 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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