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Tea Party still strong in Iowa, poll shows
A Des Moines Register poll shows tea party support is holding steady in Iowa during the 2010 campaign.
The poll published Monday shows 40 percent of likely voters say they identify with the loosely affiliated advocates of government restraint. Fifty-one percent did not identify with the tea party, while 9 percent refused to say or weren't sure.
The new poll reflects effectively the same support found in a poll early in the year.
Tea party supporters represent a cross-section of Iowa voters. Almost half identify with the GOP. Independents represent 39 percent, while Democrats make up 11 percent.
The telephone poll was conducted Oct. 26 to 29 and has a margin of sampling error of 3.5 percentage points.
Deb Derksen of Iowa City (center) speaks at the beginning of the Johnson County Tea Party holds a Tax Day rally on the Ped Mall in Iowa City on Thursday, April 15, 2010. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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