POLITICO NATIONAL SURVEY:

If the elections for Congress were being held today and a third candidate were running who was endorsed by the Tea Party movement, which party’s candidate would you vote for in your congressional district?

The Tea Party candidate 27%
The Republican candidate 25
The Democrat candidate 6
None of these 4
Don’t Know 27
Refused 11

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