Vinehout, Barca, and Burke show remarkable strength against Walker
The latest Marquette Law School Poll was conducted between Oct 14 and Oct 21, 2013 of 800 respondents 47.7 female 52.3 male.
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Even though Mary Burke's name has been dropped and pitched as the prime candidate to beat Walker, the poll shows that she is in equal running with Kathleen Vinehout among voters.
Both candidates trail Walker by about 2 points. Even though Peter Barca has been all but silent regarding his bid to run for governor, he is only 6.9 points behind walker as a candidate. Regardless of any preference of one of the three over the others, the Marquette poll is good news for forces who look to Free Wisconsin of Scott Walker.
The most disturbing message from the poll is that even though 93% of respondents disapprove of way Republicans are handling their job in Congress, Walker continues to get a 49.6% favorable rating in the way he is handling his job as governor. This seemingly high rating is even more confusing when Obama gets a 52% favorable rating in the same poll. How is it that people feel that the tea party Republican -Walker and Democrat- Obama can be seen as equally favorable, when they are diametrically opposed in terms of policy, and philosophy?
On the other hand we find that Ron Johnson has slid down to a 28.5% favorable rating, which seems more like the place Walker should be? Maybe Johnson is getting the backlash of the GOP shutdown fiasco, while Walker is not?
The poll reports that 40% of people vote for one party only, while the rest have voted for candidates of both parties, leaving the majority of voters as independent. 61.2% say that immigrants currently working in the U.S. should be allowed to stay and apply for citizenship. 53% believe same sex couples should be allowed to marry. 61% believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases. 49.7% believe marijuana should be legal. 64.6 % feel that tax cuts do more to benefit the wealthy than people of middle or lower incomes. 47.1 % of those identified as democrats believe the next year's election should move democrats to control the Congress. 55.8% say it is wrong to force women to have an ultrasound for an abortion. 44% oppose expanding tuition vouchers for private schools statewide. 40.7% say that Wisconsin is lagging behind most other states in job creation.
Yet...and again....49.6% view Walker as a favorable governor for Wisconsin? Go figure.