Consider The Importance Of The Tea Party In The Us

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“Consider the importance of the Tea Party in the US politics” (10 mark) The Tea Party is a loose network of groups mainly organised at the state level, it has resisted creating a centralised leadership structure, the Tea Party is effectively leaderless, although Sarah Palin and Fox news Glenn Beck enjoy wide support within the Tea Party, but they do not speak for or lead the movement. It is a populist political movement that is generally recognised as conservative and libertarian, and usually support Republican candidates considered politically acceptable .The Tea Party has obvious historical links to the Boston Tea Party, a protest by colonists who objected to a British tax on tea in 1773 and demonstrated by dumping British tea taken from docked ships into the harbor. Some commentators have referred to the Tea in "Tea Party" as the backronym "Taxed Enough Already". However, even though the Boston Tea Party derives it’s name from the incident that happened in 1773, the party itself emerged onto political scene in 2009. The Tea Party is quite important on the political scene of United States, and there are many reasons for it. The Tea Party is very influential, and it affects many elections. Many members of the Tea Party would see themselves as socially conservative, polls have shown that members are overwhelming white males over 45 voters. The social conservatism of its members has meant that the media has linked the Tea Party with the Republican Party, and indeed the Tea Party interferes in all elections helping Republican candidates that are politically acceptable and approved of. A good example of the Tea Party “meddling” with the elections, would be the 2010 election cycle, when In the midterm elections, The New York Times has identified 138 candidates for Congress with significant Tea Party support, and reported that all of them were running as
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