A new Wisconsin Public Radio/ St. Norbert College poll (no link to poll data yet at WPR or St. Norbet's) out today shows support for Bush slipping, and Lieberman slightly up.
From the
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
A majority of residents, 56%, believe the country is headed in the wrong direction and 52% are dissatisfied with Bush's job performance, according to the Wisconsin Survey, released by Wisconsin Public Radio and the St. Norbert College Survey Center.
Bush's handling of the war in Iraq and the economy drag down his overall ratings among 401 respondents surveyed by telephone from Oct. 27 to Nov. 6. Nearly 60% disapprove of his job on the economy, and 57% disapprove of his work in directing the U.S. actions in Iraq.
MOE is +-5%; complete spring numbers
here.
Among our nine guys, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports:
U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman was favored by 16 percent of residents polled, closely followed by Gov. Howard Dean at 14 percent and Wesley Clark at 12 percent.
Wisconsin Public Radio and the St. Norbert College Survey Center commissioned the telephone survey of 401 state residents, which has a margin of error of 5 percentage points, from Oct. 27 to Nov. 6.
Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the preference for Lieberman among state residents likely has more to do with his previous run as the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000.
Franklin said the results would likely be different if the poll had been taken only among residents likely to vote in the state's Democratic primary. Most Wisconsinites are not paying close attention to the candidates at this point in the race, he said.
"Lieberman still enjoys a name recognition advantage among the public," he said.
Among other Democrats:
U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt was favored by 9 percent.
U.S. Sen. John Kerry 8 percent.
The Rev. Al Sharpton 3 percent.
U.S. Sen. John Edwards 2 percent.
Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun 2 percent.
U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich less than 1 percent.
Undecided is at 32%. No previous numbers to report on this one.
As a Dean supporter, I do like this graf from the Milwaukee paper: "Dean gathered a 5 percentage-point lead over Lieberman among those likely to vote in the Democratic primary on Feb. 17."