From the PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW:
Two months after November’s historic midterm elections, Pennsylvania voters say the Tea Party movement’s impact and appeal are lasting beyond campaign slogans.
“Democrats have long thought that the Tea Party could be used against the GOP,” said Isaac Wood, a political analyst at University of Virginia. “But if it remains at least somewhat popular across demographic groups, they may have to reconsider that premise.”
A statewide poll for the Tribune-Review by Harrisburg-based Susquehanna Polling & Research found 47 percent of respondents think the Tea Party played a positive role in the recent elections. Thirty-nine percent thought the party had a negative impact, and 11 percent were undecided. The poll of 800 people, taken from Dec. 27 to Jan. 2, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.46 percentage points…
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