How Do Americans Feel About The Tea Party?

47% say they oppose the Tea Party movement, while 40% support it. [ABC/WP 10/10]

Here is what the NBC/WSJ survey found about positive and negative feelings of Americans toward the Tea Party. During the past year the number of people who don’t have an opinion has dropped from 31% to 12%. From January to October, positive feelings have remained relatively stable. Those who report negative feelings has grown from 21% to 38%.

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No surprise, the view of the Tea Party by the general population is quite different than the view of so-called DC Elites.

26% of the general population says that the Tea Party is a fad that will soon enough go away. 67% of DC Elites say it is a fad that will go away.

15% of the general population says that the Tea Party has been the most negative of the “3” political parties. 33% of DC Elites hold that view. (34% of the general population see the Democrats as most negative, while 23% say that about the Republicans. 30% and 26% of DC Elites have those views.)

Will Tea Party candidates elected in November be able to change Washington?

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