46% Think Tea Party Will Hurt GOP in 2012 Elections, Most Republicans Disagree
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
More voters than ever dislike the Tea Party, and a sizable number thinks the grass roots movement will hurt Republicans in this year's elections. But most GOP voters don't agree and see the Tea Party as good for them in November.
The national survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on January 9-10, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC . See methodology .