Favorable Rating Doesn't Equal Votes For Tea Party

A Hill/ANGA 2010 Midterm Election Poll found a 45-34 favorable-unfavorable rating for the Tea Party movement in 12 competitive districts.

Poll also found that 55 percent of Independent and 53 percent of Republican voters say that an endorsement of a candidate by the Tea Party will not sway their election day decision.  Half of Democrats say that Tea Party support will make them less likely to support a candidate. This means that Tea Party support will more likely cause a slightly higher number of Democratic voters to turn away from candidate then it will rally Republican and Independent voters around them.