Politics | Tea Party Tea Party Support Slips Poll shows young voters, white Southerners less happy By John Johnson Posted Jun 8, 2010 4:52 PM CDT Copied Dressed as Uncle Sam, Art Foster, of Independence, Mo., attends a tea party tax rally Thursday, April 15, 2010, in Kansas City, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) A new poll from the Washington Post and ABC shows that support for the tea party movement appears to be slipping, reports the Right Now blog: The percentage who hold an unfavorable view of the movement rose from 39% in March to 50%. The decline is particularly sharp among 18- to 29-year-olds, whose views shifted from a positive 43%-38% to a negative 27%-60%. 45% of white Southerners have an unfavorable view, up from 30%. "I don't think this is really a sign of anti-incumbent anger ending," writes David Weigel. "Since the last poll, however, we have had two months of news about tea party-identified Republicans winning their primaries or leading in them, which has started to diminish the independent brand of the movement." Read These Next New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Iran's supreme leader makes first public comments since ceasefire. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. Report an error