The Tea Party Movement

George Bernard Shaw once wrote “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything’”(Shaw). Every 2-4 years, Americans go to the polls to elected officials to office to either change or enact progress of policies. The system of government of democracy may speak for the majority to the country, but a minority comparatively can counteract and speak out for its injustices. In the 2008 Presidential Election, Democratic Senator Barack H.Obama was elected to the office of President. After his election, a conservative moment known as the Tea Party emerged to fight back the left leaning Federal Government. 2016 saw the election of Republican Businessman Donald J. Trump, a left wing movement is at rise. Protests occur in the streets a day after his inauguration, People, mainly liberal, refer themselves as being apart of the new left movement with no official name, but to be called the Resistance. Movements such as the The Tea Party and the new founded Resistance are important as shown through the correlation between Presidential Approval Rating and Midterm Elections results. People vote on policy based on economic principles by referring to unemployment rate and influence of taxes that fund federal programs for lower income citizens of the U.S.
Tea Party member called themselves “true Patriots of courage and valor” and mimic themselves to the fathers of the revolution who claim their mission is to “bring awareness to any issue which challenges the security, sovereignty or domestic tranquility of our beloved nation.” Some of their 15 Non Negotiable Beliefs are that “Pro-domestic employment is indispensable . . Government must be downsized. ” This movement caused an impatient america to turn the tables at the 2010 Midterm Election following a low approval rating of Obama reported by Gallup