Results from final week's elections and national polling demonstrate the Tea Party has seen a major drop in popularity since 2010It was just three years ago that the Tea Party was flying tall. Riding a wave of anti-establishment and anti-Obama anger,Tea Party candidates knocked off Democrats and Republicans alike. Three years later, the Tea Party's light seems to have faded. One can leer at the results of final week's election in which the Tea Party underperformed. Ken Cuccinelli became the first Virginia major party candidate to lose a gubernatorial election when his party did not control the White House in 40 years. He lost to Democrat Terry McAuliffe, or who is about as popular in Virginia as the Dallas Cowboys. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com