Most Say Tea Party Has Better Understanding of Issues than Congress

[thundley4]

In official Washington, some consider the Tea Party movement a fringe element in society, but voters across the nation feel closer to the Tea Party movement than they do to Congress.
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.

As you would expect, there is a wide divide between the Political Class and Mainstream Americans on these questions. Seventy-five percent (75%) of those in the Political Class say that members of Congress are better informed on the issues. Among Mainstream Americans, 68% have the opposite view, and only 16% believe Congress is better informed.

By a 62% to 12% margin, Mainstream Americans say the Tea Party is closer to their views. By a 90% to one percent (1%) margin, the Political Class feels closer to Congress.

Rasmussen Reports

Suck It DUmmies.

[NHSparky]

Sounds like class warfare SHOULD be conducted.  On the Political Class.

[Duke Nukum]

“If we had to rely on politicians to fix these problems, the outlook for the nation would be bleak indeed. Fortunately, in America, the politicians aren’t nearly as important as they think they are.”

[seabelle]

Easy fix, term limits.   

Maybe, just maybe, Congress will want to serve the people, not their donors ?  Oh yeah, and put them all on Obamacare!

[Lacarnut]

Sounds like class warfare SHOULD be conducted.  On the Political Class.

Extermination would work.

[DumbAss Tanker]

My DOG has a better understanding of issues than Congress, and he's not a particularly bright dog.