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Is the Revolution Eating Its Children? The US Tea Party, Between Astroturf and Grassroots
Open Democracy (2013)
  • Cas Mudde, University of Georgia
Abstract

The 2014 GOP primaries will show whether the Tea Party was indeed just an Astroturf invention, as many liberals have claimed, or a true grassroots movement, as most conservatives proclaim.

Keywords
  • US politics,
  • Tea Party,
  • GOP
Disciplines
Publication Date
October 28, 2013
Citation Information
Cas Mudde. "Is the Revolution Eating Its Children? The US Tea Party, Between Astroturf and Grassroots" Open Democracy (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/cas_mudde/89/