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- iHaveNet.com: Politics
by Mallie Jane Kim
West complains that pollsters don't define Tea Party principles
Rep. Allen West thinks nothing of the new
"I don't know who they asked; I don't know where they went around and asked people," West says. "I recently talked to some leaders in the
The new poll indicates that 27 percent of the general public now disagrees with the
But more troubling for members like West is the trend in their own districts: Twenty-three percent in
The margin of error in Pew's poll is approximately plus or minus 7 percent.
But West says that simply asking people whether or not they agree with the
And if the Pew numbers do reflect the American people's view of the principles behind the
"If you're trying to say that people don't believe that the federal government needs to be fiscally responsible, that the federal government is growing outside its responsibilities, that our free market and free enterprise systems are not important," West says, "then I think we have a greater issue than just a Pew Research Poll."
Regardless, West says his principles don't change with public opinion. He won on the same platform in 2010 that he ran and lost on in 2008, before the
And West's communications director, Angela Sachitano, adds that West is focused on explaining the principles, not growing the
But in politics, perception is vital, and if less Americans agree with the
Perhaps worse for those members, the Pew poll indicates that favorability of the
But nobody in politics is popular these days, with President Obama's poll numbers dipping to historic lows and nearly eight in 10 Americans disapproving of how
"It's obvious that all Americans -- right, left, center, independent,
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