Impact of the Tea Party
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- Created on: 08-06-14 16:12
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- Impact of the Tea Party
- Origins
- In 2008-9 ordinary Americans began to create their own small groups to fight for right wing fiscal conservatism
- Felt that they had been let down by the Government
- Groups have come together to form wider organisations which links them up
- Tea Party Patriots, Tea Party Nation Tea Party Express, Freedom Works
- These groups communicate via social media or by holding rallies and conventions
- Have now got Congressional leaders, in the House Michele Bachmann was the accepted leader of the Tea Party Caucus
- Political Issues
- Returning to the original constitution and its division of powers between central and state governments
- In 2010 89% of members blamed Obama for expanding the role of the central government
- Strictly limited government
- Cutting back on what the government spends
- Totally opposed the Recovery Act which attempted to pump government money into the banking system after its collapse in 2008
- Reducing taxes
- Balanced Budgets
- Returning to the original constitution and its division of powers between central and state governments
- Political Protest
- Local level, the earliest Tea Party events were organised locally by activists in 2009
- National level, TV business news editor Rick Santelli attacked the government on live TV and Fox News support them
- A Facebook page and site for the Tea Party protests to be organised
- The Parties
- Closer to the Republican Party and have sought influence inside the party
- Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul and Paul Ryan identify with them
- The influence of the Tea Party has helped make the Republican Party more right wing
- Closer to the Republican Party and have sought influence inside the party
- Elections
- Got a Tea Party candidate nominated for the Senate in Alaska in 2012
- In 2010 Lise Murkowski won the election in Alaska as an independent against the Tea Party candidate
- The Tea Party was even less successful in 2012 winning only 4 out of 16 seats for the Senate and they lost 1/5 of the seats they had gained in the House in 2010
- Congress
- The Tea Party Caucus was formed in July 2010 with 28 House members
- Is led by Michele Bachmann and has grown to 61 members
- Made the House more right wing
- Little impact on the Senate
- The Tea Party Caucus was formed in July 2010 with 28 House members
- In retreat?
- Lost 20% of the seats gained in 2010 in the House in 2012
- The Tea Party Caucus ihas declined to 58 members and is now almost dead
- 1000 Tea Party Groups in the country has gone down to 600
- Humiliated in 2012 primaries when Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann were eliminated early on
- An opinion poll in October 2013 showed 50% of Americans disapproved of them
- Origins
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