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How the Tea Party Paved the Way for Donald Trump

The Science of Politics

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Tea Party Attachment Predicts Civility on Twitter

Not a huge percentage of them were on civil. Some party repub, or rather, some Republicans were much more in civil than other Republicans. A very good predictor of being on civil on Twitter was Tea Party attachment. Members like Steve King of Iowa, presage Trump in both concerns and tweet style.

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