… About half of self-identified Republicans (47 percent) think tea party candidates running to unseat Republicans in Congress is a good thing for their party, but more than a third (35 percent) think it’s a bad thing. The percentage who view these challenges positively rises to 77 percent among Republicans who support the tea party.
Few Republicans (just 17 percent) think the tea party movement has too much influence on their party. In fact, the poll find finds a third of Republicans think the movement has too little influence; and about as many think the tea party’s influence on the Republican Party is about right. CONT.
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