Americans Feel Positively About the Tea Party Movement

An NBC News / Wall Street Journal Survey turned up some very interesting statistics about the Tea Party movement.

How much do you know about the Tea Party movement––do you know a great deal about this, a fair amount, just some, very little, or nothing at all?

Know a great deal ……………………… 7
Know a fair amount ……………………. 22
Know just some…………………………. 23
Know very little………………………….. 25
Know nothing at all …………………….. 23
Not sure …………………………………. -

This means that, even with an almost complete boycott from the mainstream media, more than half of Americans know “some” about the tea party movement.  This is quite encouraging.

As you may know, this year saw the start of something known as the Tea Party movement. In this movement, citizens, most of whom are conservatives, participated in demonstrations in Washington, DC, and other cities, protesting government spending, the economic stimulus package, and any type of tax increases. From what you know about this movement, is your opinion of it very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative? If you do not know enough to have an opinion, please say so.

Very positive …………………………….. 20
Somewhat positive …………………….. 21
Neutral…………………………………….. 21
Somewhat negative……………………. 10
Very negative ……………………………. 13
Don’t have opinion/not sure………… 15

This is even more encouraging.  Americans, who are fed a constant stream of lies from the mainstream media, still manage to maintain a largely positive view of the tea party movement.

Comparing this data to the same numbers for the Democratic and Republican parties yields some even more interesting results:

Democratic Party:

Very positive ……………………………..  10
Somewhat positive ……………………..  25
Neutral…………………………………….. 19
Somewhat negative…………………….  19
Very negative …………………………….  26
Don’t have opinion/not sure…………  1

Republican Party:

Very positive ……………………………..  5
Somewhat positive ……………………..  23
Neutral…………………………………….. 27
Somewhat negative…………………….  24
Very negative …………………………….  19
Don’t have opinion/not sure………… 2

20% of respondents feel “very positive” about the tax party movement, compared to only 10% for the Democratic Party and only 5% for the Republican Party.  41% of respondents feel “somewhat positive” or better about the tax party movement, compared to only 35% for the Democratic Party and only 28% for the Republican Party.

We might pause for a moment to gloat about how much more popular the tea party is than the Democratic Party, but I think the real message here is that the American people are still seriously unhappy with liberal Republicans.   I would not expect “unreformed” Republican candidates to do well in the 2010 mid-term elections.

61% of respondents felt that America is in a state of decline, compared to only 35% who didn’t.  Only 27% felt that life our children’s generation will be better than it has been for ours, compared to 66% who didn’t. These are stunning numbers — and yet these people don’t appear to believe that either political party has the right solution to reverse this decline.

Clearly, Americans know that our nation is in deep trouble — and that we’re digging ourselves deeper with every passing year.  They don’t see either the Democrats or the Republicans working to dig us out of that trouble, but they do seem willing to give the tea partiers a chance.  I think that’s all we can ask for — a chance.