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RASMUSSEN: Most GOP Voters Critical of Republicans in Congress, Like Tea Party. ?A new Rasmussen R?

By Glenn Reynolds

RASMUSSEN: Most GOP Voters Critical of Republicans in Congress, Like Tea Party. “A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 19% of Likely Republican Primary Voters believe Republicans in Congress have done a good job representing the party?s values over the past several years. Seventy-two percent (72%) say GOP members of Congress instead have lost touch with Republican Party members throughout the nation in recent years. . . . Seventy-nine percent (79%) of likely GOP primary voters hold a favorable opinion of the Tea Party movement, while only nine percent (9%) view the smaller government, lower taxes movement unfavorably.” This means that a lot of GOP members of Congress will be worrying about primary challenges in 2012.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on November 10, 2010 (boomark / email).