Oscar Murdock from Temecula, Calif., holds signs before the start of a tea party rally in Searchlight, Nev., on Saturday.
Rasmussen Poll: The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 52% of U.S. voters believe the average member of the Tea Party movement has a better understanding of the issues facing America today than the average member of Congress. Only 30% believe that those in Congress have a better understanding of the key issues facing the nation.
When it comes to those issues, 47% think that their own political views are closer to those of the average Tea Party member than to the views of the average member of Congress. On this point, 26% feel closer to Congress.
Finally, 46% of voters say that the average Tea Party member is more ethical than the average member of Congress. Twenty-seven percent (27%) say that the average member of Congress is more ethical.[...] This must just burn the lefts britches. No matter what they say about the Tea Party people think better of them then Congress and the left. People aren't listening to the left any more. The left have become untrustworthy and too agressive for most American to even waist their time with. Do you remember what a joke the hippies became? It's happening again to these neo-revolutionaries. But for us to a powerful force for real conservative change we must become bigger. We need to get more people involved in this conservative movement. And as much as the left want to paint us as being as violent,hateful and dangerous as they are we must never ever act like them. That is what they want of us. If even one conservative acts like a liberal they will pin it on us all. But it is up to us to start defining what PC is. We need to remind people of the left and their history of blood,hatred,riots,beatings,racism,violence and intimidation. Remind them of all the left wing radicals that Obama has in his admin. Pass the word on that the Progressives in America have no place in our government. It's time to move forward and do what we know will work. And when you see a liberal tell them what American voters think of them vs. the Tea Party members. The Socialist leaders Pelosi and Reid both have approval ratings less then 11%. 11%. Reid is at 8% approval. Those are the lefts leaders. You really have to suck to not even be in the teens. At least Americans love the Tea Party members. See you at the next TEA Party rally.
Violent Protest Anti-WTO Conference Geneva Video of how liberals act when angry. And not one arrest of a Tea Party protester. This will help you on the left define anger and the diference between and angry liberal and an angry conservative. Mohatma Gondhi was a conservative protester and he defeated England and he brought peace to the Muslim/Hindu Indians.
Seventy-one percent (71%) of voters nationwide say they’re at least somewhat angry about the current policies of the federal government. That figure includes 46% who are Very Angry.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 27% are not angry about the government's policies, including 10% who are Not at All Angry.
Men are angrier than women, and voters over 40 are more angry than those who are younger. A majority of those over 40 are Very Angry. Only 25% of under-30 voters share that view.
The data suggests that the level of anger is growing. The 71% who are angry at federal government policies today is up five percentage points since September.
Even more stunning, the 46% who are Very Angry is up 10 percentage points from September.
Among the nation’s Political Class, just six percent (6%) are angry. However, among those with more Mainstream, or populist, views, 85% are angry. A majority of Americans today hold views that can be described as Mainstream or populist. Very few align with the Political Class (see more information on this divide). (Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.
Fifty-two percent (52%) of voters nationwide believe neither Republican nor Democratic political leaders have an understanding of what is needed today. That frustration is down eight points from 60% in September.
Sixty-five percent (65%) of Republicans and 59% of unaffiliated voters say that neither party has the answers. Those percentages are down significantly since September. Democrats remain fairly evenly divided as they were in September.
This unhappiness with government policies and leaders is reflected in numerous other Rasmussen Reports surveys. Americans, for example, now view being a member of Congress as the least respected job one can hold. President Obama's job approval ratings also have suffered in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.
The latest numbers show that only nine percent (9%) of voters trust the judgment of America’s political leaders more than the judgment of the American people. Seventy-four percent (74%) place more trust in the wisdom of the crowd.
Seventy-one percent (71%) believe the federal government has become a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests. Sixty-eight percent (68%) believe that government and big business work together in ways that hurt consumers and investors.
Opposition to the health care plan proposed by the president and congressional Democrats remains high. Voters continue to oppose the government bailouts of General Motors and Chrysler, and a growing number now believe their taxes will go up during the Obama years.
