Tea Party Movement, as realized, 2009-2016
Contemporary · realized scope
A decentralized political movement within the United States that organized primarily around fiscal conservatism, reduced federal spending, lower taxation, and opposition to certain federal legislation. It emerged in 2009 and was most active through approximately 2016, operating through local chapters, national organizations, and electoral participation across the United States. It is principally associated with influencing Republican Party primaries and contributing to the 2010 midterm election cycle.
Cluster:Extractive Rule
Tradition & Continuity leads the elevations, with Authority & Hierarchy, Material Aspiration, and Security & Stability high beside it, while Knowledge & Truth and Care & Welfare are strongly depressed and the procedural Principles run low. Elevated Material Aspiration is the distinctive marker among the hierarchical clusters. What separates it from Mobilized Absolutism is degree: the depressions here are shallower and the elevations less extreme.
Full profile
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Neighbors
- 1Fox News, as realized, 2015-presentDistance: 18Compare
- 2The Heritage Foundation, as realized, 2015-presentDistance: 20Compare
- 3Modern American Conservatism, as stated, 20th c.-presentDistance: 23Compare
- 4English Bill of Rights, as stated, 1689Distance: 24Compare
- 5Reagan (U.S. presidency), as realized, 1981-1989Distance: 24Compare
The Three Axes (Detail)
Each bar is one pole’s pull, pointing the way it pushes the result. The dot is where the two pulls add up.