Tea Party Tracking Poll: America Agrees with Rush Limbaugh, Obama Won't Move to Center

51% of likely voters don't believe Obama will become more moderate if he is countered by a GOP Congress

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PJTV's Tea Party TV today unveiled the results of their weekly Tea Party poll, which revealed that just 37 percent of respondents believe President Obama will pursue a more moderate agenda if Republicans take back Congress in November, while 51 percent believe the president will not.

"A Republican victory would restore a checks and balances system in Washington," said VikRubenfeld, PJTV's Polling Director.  "Typically, a Republican Congress and Democratic president, or vice versa, will encourage compromise between the two ideologies.  However, our research reveals that more than half of likely voters do not believe President Obama will migrate to the center, if he is paired with a Republican Congress."

The weekly PJTV/Pulse Opinion Research nationwide survey of 1,000 likely voters tracks Tea Party support as well as provides a snapshot of public opinion regarding the week's top issues.  In addition to the findings above, over half of likely voters (53%) believe the Tea Party movement will dominate the Republican Party in 2012.  The nationwide tracking survey also showed that the Tea Party movement is maintaining the support of 55 percent of respondents.

Poll Highlights

• 51 percent of respondents do not believe President Obama will pursue a more moderate agenda if Republicans take control of the U.S. Congress in November.  Meanwhile, 37 percent believe President Obama will pursue a more moderate agenda.

• 53 percent of likely voters believe the Tea Party movement will dominate the Republican Party during the 2012 presidential election.  

• 48 percent of respondents are more likely to vote for a Tea Party candidate.
  
• 55 percent of likely voters support the Tea Party.

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Methodology

The Tea Party Tracking Study is a PJTV survey. The telephone survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted by Pulse Opinion Research on October 10, 2010. Pulse Opinion Research, LLC is an independent public opinion research firm using automated polling methodology and procedures licensed from Rasmussen Reports, LLC. Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

About Pajamas Media and PJTV

Pajamasmedia.com, a division of Pajamas Media, receives more than 16 million page views per month.  Launched in 2005, it provides commentary and analysis in text, video and podcast form created by correspondents in more than 40 countries.  Its blogs cover politics, government, culture, the economy and finance, national security, the Middle East, media, and education, as well as breaking news and current events. 

PJTV a division of Pajamas Media, is the first center-right online television network, providing commentary and analysis via video over the Internet.  PJTV's video segments cover politics, government, culture, the economy and finance, national security, the Middle East, media, and education. PJTV's main studio is located in El Segundo, CA, with remote studio locations in midtown Manhattan in New York City, blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C., and web cam locations around the world.

SOURCE PJTV