Poll: Tea Party dissatisfaction with GOP leaders spikes – The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room

More than 7 in 10 Tea Party-affiliated Republicans disapprove of the GOP’s leadership, a marked rise from earlier this year.

A Pew Research poll released Wednesday finds that 71 percent of Republicans and independents who support the Tea Party disapprove of Republican leadership, while 27 percent approve.

That is a 17 percent increase since February, when a similar survey found 54 percent of those Tea Party supporters disapproved of the leadership and 42 percent approved.

Among Republicans who don’t support the Tea Party, 42 percent approve of the GOP leadership.

The Pew results mirror a survey released last month that found 53 percent of Tea Party supporters say congressional Republicans have compromised too much.

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