Questions - Tea Party - June 9, 2011
45% See Gap Between Governed and Those Who Govern As Comparable to American Revolution
30% Like Third-Party Option Given Current 2012 Presidential Candidates
Three Way Race: Democrat 40% Republican 21% Tea Party 18%
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National
Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted June 9, 2011
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Suppose the Tea Party Movement organized
itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for
Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the
Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your
district?
2* Given a choice between President Obama and one of the potential
Republican presidential candidates, would 2012 be a good year for voters to
consider electing a third-party candidate?
3* Do you
agree or disagree with the following statement…The gap between Americans who
want to govern themselves and politicians who want to rule over them is now as
big as the gap between the American colonies and England during the
18th century?
4* Do you
consider yourself a part of the Tea Party Movement?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence