Tea Party

Question 1

Why is the Tea Party a movement not party or pressure group?

Answer 1

It lacks strong co-ordination or distinct leadership and is really a confederation of smaller groups

Question 2

What groups are included in the confederacy of the tea party?

Answer 2

Tea party nation, tee party patriots, tea party express and FreedomWorks

Question 3

What is TEA an acronym for?

Answer 3

Taxed Enough Already

Question 4

When did the TEA party emerge?

Answer 4

2009

Question 5

What did the TEA party emerge as a result of?

Answer 5

Opposition to Bush’s and then more importantly Obama’s economic stimulus package

Question 6

What fiscal measures do they propose for government?

Answer 6

Reducing government taxing and spending

Question 7

How did the TEA party do in the 2010 midterms?

Answer 7

Tea party supporters got candidates through into the 2010 senatorial GOP primaries in states such as Alaska, Nevada, Delaware and , however, this did not translate in victories come nvoemebr, only winning 3/7 of the states

Question 8

What do the TEA party think should be reduced?

Answer 8

Government debt and government spending