Thom Tillis, The Tea Party The GOP Establishment: An Explainer
Thom Tillis #39; win in the North Carolina GOP Senate Primary was hailed as a huge victory for the GOP Establishment. But is Thom Tillis just a Tea Party wolf in GOP Establishment sheep #39;s clothing?
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Support for the tea party has dropped significantly since the conservative activist movement first began making waves in 2010, according to a new poll from Gallup.
Twenty-two percent of adults identify themselves as supporters of the tea party in this latest survey, down from 32 percent in November 2010, shortly after Republicans rode a wave of tea party energy to claim a strong victory in congressional elections that year.
Among Republicans, 41 percent now describe themselves as tea party supporters, but that figure was 61 percent in 2010. Democrats continue to hold the movement in low regard, with only 7 percent describing themselves as tea party supporters.
Despite their falling popularity among the public at large, Republicans who support the tea party are poised to play a big role in yet another round of midterms: According to Gallup, they've been paying more attention to upcoming congressional elections than other ideological groups.
Forty-three percent of tea party Republicans say they've given quite a lot of thought to the midterm elections, while only 26 percent of other Republicans and 19 percent of non-Republicans say the same. Fifty-two percent of tea party Republicans say they're more enthusiastic about voting this year, but only 35 percent of other republicans and 29 percent of non-Republicans share that enthusiasm.
Gallup's poll surveyed 1,513 adults nationwide between April 24 - 30, and it carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent.
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(CNN) -- In the intraparty battle for the GOP, score Round 1 for the Republican establishment over the tea party.
CNN projects that North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis has won the state's GOP Senate primary. Tillis, who was backed by many mainstream Republicans, topped 40% of the primary vote Tuesday, avoiding a runoff in July.
Tillis beat a bunch of more conservative candidates for the chance to face off this November against first-term Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan, who is considered very vulnerable in the general election. Flipping her seat and five others held by Democrats would give Republicans control of the Senate.
In his victory speech, Tillis slammed Hagan's record, tying her to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and calling them "an echo chamber for President Obama's worst ideas."
"We need to be clear, it's not the end of a primary, it's really the beginning of a primary mission, which has been the mission all along and that is to beat Kay Hagan and to make Harry Reid irrelevant," he said.
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"You know, their failures, both Obama's and Kay Hagan's, are obvious," Tillis added.
"We know a lot of them -- our government is borrowing too much money and it's dangerously in debt to China. Obamacare is not working. And Obama and Hagan's left-wing political agenda is driving up our energy prices and making our country less safe.
"For six years, she's voted with Obama and against North Carolina," he said.
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WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) --Support for the Tea Party movement has dropped among Republican voters and those who say they tilt that way, said a Gallup poll released Thursday.
Only 41 percent of Republicans surveyed said they support the Tea Party, Gallup reported. Fewer than one in four, 22 percent, of the entire sample described themselves as supporters.
In November 2010, when Republicans took control of the House of Representatives, 61 percent in the party supported the Tea Party. Almost one-third, 32 percent, of all adults were supporters.
Support for the Tea Party among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents has changed little, dropping from 9 percent in 2010 to 7 percent in the recent poll.
Gallup cited the Republican primary in North Carolina where Thom Tillis, speaker of the state House of Representatives and generally perceived as the establishment candidate, defeated Greg Brannon. Brannon, a political novice, had the support of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and was seen as the Tea Party choice.
But some commentators suggest that Tillis won because he campaigned by advocating a smaller government and the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. In effect, they say, the party establishment has adopted Tea Party ideas.
Gallup surveyed 1,513 adults, including 1,336 registered voters, between April 24 and April 30. The margin of error is 3 percentage points.
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