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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/february_2014/38_of_republicans_believe_tea_party_good_for_gop_in_2014_32_disagree

While the Republican establishment struggles to beat back Tea Party elements within the party, GOP voters tend to see the grass roots movement as more of a help than a hindrance in the upcoming elections. But it’s close.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 38% of Likely Republican Voters believe the Tea Party will help the Republican Party in election 2014. Thirty-two percent (32%) of GOP voters think the movement will hurt their party instead, while 10% say it will have no impact. Twenty percent (20%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on February 16-17, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

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Re: 38% of Republicans Believe Tea Party Good for GOP in 2014, 32% Disagree
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2014, 01:25:26 am »
Interesting, thanks.
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Re: 38% of Republicans Believe Tea Party Good for GOP in 2014, 32% Disagree
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2014, 01:47:39 am »
Gosh, I thought the Tea Party was beneath the respect of any thinking Republican. 

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Re: 38% of Republicans Believe Tea Party Good for GOP in 2014, 32% Disagree
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2014, 02:03:24 am »
Gosh, I thought the Tea Party was beneath the respect of any thinking Republican.


So we've been told.
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Re: 38% of Republicans Believe Tea Party Good for GOP in 2014, 32% Disagree
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2014, 08:27:03 am »
Gosh, I thought the Tea Party was beneath the respect of any thinking Republican.
62% of the GOP does not think Tea Party will help the Republican Party in election 2014.  These two statements are not irreconcilable.