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The Tea Party has gone dry.
Once the talk of the nation and a well-supported positive force in politics, membership has dropped as has their approval rating, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll.
Those numbers represent a considerable dive in support since the Tea Party's heyday in 2009, when a majority of voters rated it favorably.
A majority (56 percent) of voters agrees that the Tea Party movement has become less influential over the past year. Just 21 percent feel it has become more influential, although even more (23 percent) are not sure.
The survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted on January 3-4, 2013 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95 percent level of confidence.
SOURCE 1: Tea Party crashes, just 8 percent are members | WashingtonExaminer.com
SOURCE 2: Tea Party Hits Record Level Of Unpopularity In Public Opinion Poll
SOURCE 3: Rasmussen: Just 8% Now Claim Tea Party Membership
SOURCE 4: Just 8% Now Say They Are Tea Party Members - Rasmussen Reports™
So what does this mean exactly? I hold no love for the Tea Party but I don't think they need to disappear either. All opinions deserve a voice: just because they may be unpopular doesn't mean they're any less valuable.