Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

Nor according to current public opinion polls that say 61% of Wisconsin citizens support the right to collectively bargain and disagree with Walker trying to take that away.

Try again 48% Back GOP Governor in Wisconsin Spat, 38% Side With Unions

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ...de_with_unions

[mark2061mn]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Try again 48% Back GOP Governor in Wisconsin Spat, 38% Side With Unions

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ...de_with_unions

I believe that article is a national poll not Wisconsin residents. Riots poll numbers state Wisconsin residents.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by mark2061mn

I believe that article is a national poll not Wisconsin residents. Riots poll numbers state Wisconsin residents.

Riot put no link up to her poll though I suspect it's the USA Today national survey.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by mark2061mn

I believe that article is a national poll not Wisconsin residents. Riots poll numbers state Wisconsin residents.

No, I was wrong- the one I quoted was all Americans. I saw a Wisconsin-only poll, it was pro-union, but trying to find it ...

Edit: here are three Wisconsin-citizen only polls that also show the citizens don't support Walker

The poll of 500 likely voters, Wisconsin residents only, which was conducted on Monday, Feb.21:
According to the poll, 56 percent say Wisconsin state employees and public employee unions should have collective bargaining powers. Thirty-two percent disagree, and 12 percent of those polled are unsure.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/pol...dget-standoff/

Another

2400 Wisconsin residents asked automated poll 2/17/11 http://weaskamerica.com/2011/02/18/w...-in-wisconsin/
Do you approve of Gov Walkers plan to limit the pay of government workers and teachers, increase their share of the cost of benefits, and strip some public-employ unions of much of their power.
We’d like to know if APPROVE or DISAPPROVE of Gov. Walker’s plan.
Approve 43.05%
Disapprove 51.90%
Not sure 5.05%

And another

http://www.wispolitics.com/1006/BSW_..._17___2011.pdf
602 Wisconsin voters polled
Remove collective bargaining rights: 33.7% agree, 35.2% oppose
Support for Walker less than opposition, etc (see poll)

[Riot]

Rasmussen is one poll from a week ago. Here's three more current that disagree:

New Polls Bring More Bad News for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
By Robert Schlesinger
Posted: March 1, 2011

A trio of new surveys bring more bad news for embattled Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker. All three show that the public is taking a dim view of union-busting efforts, and all three have results that more or less dovetail with each other.

A poll of Wisconsin voters by the Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling, for example, has 46 percent of voters approving of Walker overall, with 52 percent disapproving. On the specific issue that has dominated the state, 57 percent of voters believe that public workers should have collective bargaining rights, whereas 37 percent believe that they should not.

That 57-37 margin lines up pretty well with the results of a new New York Times/CBS News survey of adults nationwide which found that 60 percent oppose taking away some collective bargaining rights from public unions (38 percent strongly oppose, 22 percent somewhat oppose) while only 33 favor the idea (18 percent strongly, 15 percent somewhat). When the Times and CBS asked adults whether they would favor cutting pay or benefits for public employees in order to balance the budget, similar numbers oppose the idea (37 percent favor, 56 percent against).

Similarly a new Pew Research Center poll of adults nationwide found a clear plurality siding with the public employee unions (42 percent) over Governor Walker (31 percent), with 18 percent saying they didn’t know which side they were on.
The PPP poll, which just focused on a presumably better informed selection of Wisconsin voters gave majorities to Walker’s opponents—voters side with public unions 51-47 over the governor and they side with state Senate Democrats (the ones who have decamped out of state) by virtually the same margin, 52-47. that differ

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/...v-scott-walker