By
Joe Fletcher
Gallup has released
a new survey showing that a majority of Republicans and Republican leaning
independents do not support the Tea Party.
The survey shows that over the
course of four years the number of Republicans who identify as supporters of
the Tea Party has dropped by one-third overall.
The survey also shows that 11%
of Republicans are actively against the Tea Party.
This
shows a continued trend of the GOP distancing themselves from the radical right
platform that has become synonymous with neoliberalist interests, complete
disregard for the environment, Christian fascism, bigotry towards homosexuals,
and atrocious spelling on protest signs.
In
a 2012 Gallup released a
poll showing that 22% of Republicans thought that gay marriage should be legal.
Let that sink in. There are at least as many Republicans who support gay
marriage as adults who support the Tea Party. Probably significantly more given
trends on Americans stance toward gay marriage between 2012 and 2014.
The
number of American adults who identify as being opposed to the Tea Party is at
an all time high of 30%.
Those
who are among the supporters of the Tea Party unsurprisingly appear to be very
demographically similar across a wide range of metrics. According to Gallup,
"Republicans who are supporters of the Tea Party are remarkably similar to other Republicans across most demographic categories — including race and ethnicity, income, age, education, or region of country. Republican Tea Party supporters are somewhat more likely to be weekly church attenders and slightly more likely to be men.”
Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews
conducted April 24-30, 2014, with a random sample of 1,513 adults, aged 18 and
older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
