Rasmussen Poll: Almost Six In Ten Wisconsin Voters Disapprove Of Gov. Walker

[ProSense]

Rasmussen Poll: Almost Six In Ten Wisconsin Voters Disapprove Of Gov. Walker

Jon Terbush

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's efforts to strip public employee unions of most of their collective bargaining rights appears to be so unpopular, that a Rasmussen poll now finds that almost 60% of likely Wisconsin voters disapprove of his job performance.

That finding shows just how quickly Walker -- who was elected to his first term last November with 52% of the vote -- has sunk just in his first two months in office. And it comes one day after Rasmussen released results from the same poll, all of which showed public opinion firmly on the side of the unions in the labor rights battle that has deadlocked the state capitol for the past few weeks.

In the poll, 57% of respondents said they disapprove of Walker's job performance -- including 48% who say they strongly disapprove. Meanwhile, only 43% said they approve of the job Walker is doing.

Not surprisingly, respondents who said they belong to a public union sided heavily against Walker, with roughly eight in ten giving him negative marks on job performance. Yet not only were public sector union members opposed to Walker, but a majority of private sector union members also disapproved of the governor by a 53% to 43% margin.

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Even a right-biased poll is bad news for Walker.

[polichick]

1. So much for his caped crusader complex!

[JaneQPublic]

2. And since this is a Rasmussen poll...

...you can just figure the real number is about 75 percent disapproval.

[Blue Owl]

3. Take a hike, Walker

Make it a long one.

[HereSince1628]

4. I admit it, I was polled. I 'clouded' my demographic identifiers

I just hate Rass polls.

[WolfoftheWild]

5. can you say "a bridge too far"? I knew that you could, Scotty.

[cognoscere]

6. The polls I've seen are saying closer to 66% against Hosni Walker

(or is it Scott Mubarak?) If that number is accurate, I think it breaks down as follows: 2% are those rich people who feel(no point in using the word think because they don't) they should pay nothing and use everything (roads, schools, safe environment, etc,) that everyone else should pay for (talk about entitlements!); about 16% who are upper,middle, and even lower middle class who see themselves as rich or someday being rich; 16% who are either fundamentally stupid or functionally insane. Put them all together and you have...Republicans!