A new, wide-ranging Washington Post-ABC News poll reveals that 35 percent of respondents had a favorable view of the Tea Party, compared to 36 percent that have a favorable view of socialism. Fifty-two percent of Americans now hold unfavorable views of the Tea Party, which is an all-time high.
The telephone poll was conducted Jan. 13-16 with a random national sample of 1,053 adults, including users of both conventional and cellular telephones. The poll's margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
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