American Political Parties: Party Factions: The Case of the Tea Party

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Party Factions: The Case of the Tea Party

Assignment

Judging the effectiveness of individual ads

The Tea Party

How it all began -- February 19, 2009

Tea and PIE

Gallup

Trend: Do you consider yourself to be [a supporter of the Tea Party movement, an opponent of the Tea Party movement], or neither?

Trend: Do you consider yourself to be [a supporter of the Tea Party movement, an opponent of the Tea Party movement], or neither?

Who they are, what they believe

Tea and POG

Hertel-Fernandez & Skocpol

Across much of America, conservatives can mount powerful state legislative campaigns through three well-funded networks that operate as complements to one another. Think tanks affiliated with the State Policy Network (SPN) spew out studies and prepare op-eds and legislative testimony. Paid state directors and staffers installed by Americans for Prosperity (AFP) sponsor bus tours, convene rallies and public forums, run radio and television ads, send mailers, and spur activists to contact legislators. And inside the legislatures themselves, many representatives and senators, especially Republicans, are members of ALEC, which invites them to serve alongside business lobbyists and right-wing advocacy groups on national task forces that prepare “model” bills that the legislators can advance at the state and local level, with assistance from ALEC staffers.