Have members of Congress who support the Tea Party had a mostly positive effect, mostly negative effect, or not much of an effect?
More Americans now think that members of Congress who support the Tea Party are having a negative effect than said that in January, at the start of the new Congress. Currently, 29% judge the impact of Tea Party supporters as mostly negative compared with 22% who see their impact as mostly positive. At the beginning of the year, the balance of opinion was just the opposite: 27% said that Tea Party members in Congress would have a positive impact, while 18% expected a negative effect.
Have members of Congress who support the  | Tea Party had a mostly positive effect, mostly  | negative effect, or not much of an effect?  | 22%  | Aug, 2011  | 29  | 35  | Jan, 2011*  | 27%  | 18  | 39  | Positive  | Negative  | Not much effect  | *Respondents were asked ""will" Tea Party  | members have a positive or negative effect  | PewResearch Center Che Washington Post 