Tea Party losing supporters across US, Gallup poll shows
A new poll shows that support for the American Tea Party has hit the lowest since the conservative political movement emerged in the United States.
According to the Gallup poll, whose results were released Monday, support for the movement has dropped 15 points and stands at 17 percent.
Twenty-four percent of American consider themselves as opponents of the movement slightly lower than the 31 percent ahead of last year’s mid-term elections.
During that election cycle, Tea Party elements created the momentum for the Republicans to take over the House of Representatives.
Conducted between October seven and 11, the poll shows that the opponents of the Tea Party have “gained the upper hand and have led supporters in all 10 Gallup polls measuring views of the movement since the start of 2012,” according to Gallup.
“A few groups that were more likely to be supporters than opponents in 2010 have… switched sides,” Gallup said.
The poll interviewed 1,015 adults aged 18 and older via telephone across the United States.
“While support for the Tea Party has not increased among any major subgroup since 2010, opposition to it has gone up among one -- those with postgraduate education. In the earlier polls, 36% of this group opposed the Tea Party, and that number has grown to 53%. Meanwhile, opposition has dropped in a few groups -- 18- to 29-year-olds, those with low incomes and unmarried females -- because more in these groups no longer have an opinion about the Tea Party,” said the group.
American real estate mogul Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson are currently the front runners of the GOP party ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
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