Wisconsin Recall Prospects Dimming

Source: Public Policy Polling

Scott Walker's approval numbers are continuing to improve, making the prospect of recalling him look much tougher for Democrats than it did during the spring.

Walker's still not popular- 47% of voters approve of him, compared to 51% who disapprove. But those numbers represent continuing improvement over the course of the year. He hit his lowest point in PPP's polling in May at 43/54. By August he'd improved to 45/53, and now that improvement has continued over the last couple months. Republicans continue to stand pretty uniformly behind Walker, and Democrats pretty uniformly against him. Where the shift is occurring is with independents. In May only 40% approved of him with 56% disapproving. Now those numbers are almost flipped with 52% approving to 44% who disapprove.

Walker's not out of the woods by any means. 48% of voters in the state want to recall him, while 49% are opposed to such a move. But it's not clear if Democrats will have a candidate strong enough to unseat Walker. The only one who beats him in a hypothetical recall is Russ Feingold. But Feingold's already said he's probably not going to run, and his margin over Walker is just 3 points at 49-46. In May Feingold led Walker 52-42 and in August Feingold had a 52-45 advantage. So even with their strongest possible candidate Democrats' prospects against Walker are slipping.

We tested a whole laundry list of other potential challengers to Walker. 2010 foe Tom Barrett comes closest, but trails Walker 48-46. In May Barrett had a 50-43 advantage in a potential redo. After Barrett the Democrat who comes next closest is David Obey, who trails 47-42. Peter Barca and Ron Kind both trail by 6 points at 48-42 and 47-41 respectively. Jon Erpenbach is down by 7 at 47-40. And Kathleen Falk and Steve Kagen each trail by 8 at 49-41 and 47-39 respectively.

Read more: http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2011/10/wisconsin-recall-prospects-dimming.html

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Uninformed voters. The GOP's best friend.

but we recalled TWO senators. That's huge. People are pissed. And, trust me, things aren't getting any better in Wisconsin despite what this article wants to say.

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How do you think they are trying to shape public opinion?

I agree. What can we do to undermine such polling?

Focker is burnt toast and he knows it.

RECALL SCOTT WALKER!

RECALL SCOTT WALKER!

Friends of yours??

propaganda bullshit.

Sadly the memory of the voters is far too short.

Lets see what happens with the John Doe hearing.

Williams, loses the Kentucky governor's race or we'll be joining your pain.

I know you are NOT BEING represented in the Senate by Senator NO! of Kentucky.
:puke: :argh:
RECALL SCOTT WALKER!

I think this is a more truthful headline---and it comes from a conservative leaning newspaper who endorsed Walker.





http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/132646608.html

Republicans are not hated or disliked as much as we would like or as much as they should be by the middle class...Over the past 30yrs the Republicans have stuck together & worked hard to turn this country into right leaning nation. FOX "News" & especially Talk Radio has shaped the thinking of so many in the middle class over the past 25yrs that even the financial disaster & the Iraq War made only a slight but temporary change in people's opinion of the Republican Party.

Look at how easily the people of Wisconsin forget what happened just several months ago!

This is why I cringe every time I see people talking like none of the Republican Candidates for POTUS have a chance of winning...Add in the fact many in our own party are talking about running someone against Obama in the primary, voting for a 3rd party candidate like Nader should he run or even not voting for POTUS to somehow teach Obama a lesson & it is more likely than not whoever wins the Republican nomination will be the next President.

Oh well...I feel sick every time I start to think of what will be done to the middle class if the Republicans take full control of this nation in 2013.

in WI. But on the other hand, I am also in the midst of many eager volunteers who are ready to hit the road.

the OWS movement, though diverted a bit by the recent rounds of police brutality, is still going strong. I think the WI OWS activities are continuing to attract participants. We can only hope that this combined with the GOP candidates' proposals for more tax cuts for the wealthy will bring enough people to their senses to at least have a recall vote. Even if Walker won again I suspect it would be by a slimmer margin and at least he and the pukes are aware that everyone is watching them and they are subject to recall. They lost two of their own darlings from the Senate.

The NEOCON RAT TURD is toast!

RECALL SCOTT WALKER!

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This is completely indeterminate, since he could be 42 to 52 with the new number.

Quite unethical for the pollster to pretend that this shows up, down, or unchanged.

It shows nothing.

Scared, misinformed, spineless, ignorant, wishy-washy independents.

You can learn much from me, AlbertCat. Antifascist to the core here.
RECALL SCOTT WALKER!