New Poll Shows Wis. Gov. Walker Ahead in Recall Election 50-42 — But Guess What It Says About Obama
- Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:13am by
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Despite a massive outpouring of support and cash from unions, a new Reason-Rupe poll indicates that things may not be going so well for Tom Barrett, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s recall rival.
According to the new survey, Gov. Walker, the much-maligned “enemy of unions” and “assaulter of working families,” leads his challenger by 50-42 among those likely to vote in the June 5 election. The same poll also shows former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney trailing President Barack Obama 46-36.
The survey asked 708 Wisconsin taxpayers a variety of questions pertaining to the recall election and the presidential election via cell phone and landlines.
What were some of the specific findings*?
- 49 percent of all adults surveyed approve of President Obama’s performance while 45 percent disapprove.
- While President Obama leads Romney by 46-36, 6 percent chose libertarian Gary Johnson (which reduces the gap between the president and Romney to 45-41).
- 72 percent favor new requirements on public sector workers to contribute more to their own pensions.
- 71 percent favor government employees paying 12 percent of their own health care premiums (as opposed to the previous 6 percent).
The poll shows many in Wisconsin favor Gov. Walker’s reforms. In fact, the survey indicates some taxpayers don’t think Gov. Walker was wide-sweeping enough with his union reform legislation. Some voters think police and firefighters should have been included in the pension and healthcare adjustments.
“The public supports asking government workers to pick up more of the tab for their own retirement benefits, as 65 percent say public sector workers receive better pension and health care benefits than private sector workers,” Reason’s Emily Ekins writes.
“22 percent say benefit levels are about the same, and just 7 percent believe private sector retirement benefits are better than those in the public sector,” she adds.
You probably already guessed this but it should be noted: the survey shows a major ideological split between public and private sector employees.
“For example, 65 percent of government employees have a favorable view of public employee unions and just 11 percent view unions unfavorably,” Ekins writes.
“In contrast, only 27 percent of private sector employees have favorable opinions of public employee unions, while 37 percent view them unfavorably.”
But perhaps the most telling result of the poll is this:
Nearly half of Walker voters identify with the Tea Party movement, while over half of employed Barrett voters are public sector employees. About a quarter of those who plan to vote for Walker also have a favorable opinion of President Obama’s job performance.
“This demonstrates Wisconsin’s recall election extends beyond partisan lines,” Ekins concludes.





















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spnelson
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 1:37pmThe way thing are going, Obama may need Wisconsin- it may be one of the few states he wins. All of you “old” (like me) people out there- do you remember when Sat Night Live was actually funny, and had the skit of Mondale coloring in one of the Great Lakes in order to make his victories look bigger? I think he won Minnesota, and that is about all. I really would like to see the internal polling data for the democrats, it CAN’T be good. Lisa Brown (one of our local political hacks) is “retiring” this year- the ONLY reason a hack like her would quit is that she is about to get trashed. I have also lived in Nevada- and after living in “Reid land”, I believe that underestimating the ability of those people to cheat would be a mistake. However, I wonder if fall 2012 may make fall 2010 look like a stroll in the park for these people.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 2:21pmThe problem is, leftists’ modus operandi is not reasonable. They’ll “get out the vote” any way they can because if they’re not essentially criminal, they’re terribly unethical. So, they’re never really out of an election no matter how bad it appears, because all they have to do is get one of their pinko donors to pay to bus bottom feeders in to vote with the promise of a free meal and a few bucks. How can normal people possibly ever deal with these types of shenanigans??? The worst part of it all is that these people embrace they’re diabolical behavior because in their warped minds, the ends justify the means. It’s such an anti-American philosophy.
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 2:24pmIf after the unions spent over $200 Million to recall walker and the media admits Walker is ahead at 50 percent it must mean that Walker is really ahead by over 65 percent. Hussain can spend 200 Billion and he will still loose. I hope San Francisco removes the fencing on the Golden Gate Bridge so Liberal can jump off after the November election results are tabulated. The sharks will be eating good in the Frisco Bay.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 2:34pmThe full force of the Tea Party will be awake come
Sept. Oct..when it cools off a bit…to damn hot to right
now to get to excited..We already know O’Blamer has
to go….send all his Commie friends back to Chitown..
ROMNEY – RICE…2012
Report Post »MBA
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 3:42pmSNL was funny? Or relevant? TV in general is just a liberal waste of time and money.
Report Post »MONICNE
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Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 4:26pm@MIBUGNU2
Rice is pro-abort.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 4:43pmMillions of union dollars. MSNBC..an entire network.. dedicated to propagandizing for the unions there…bus loads of unioninstas brought in to protest, distribute propaganda..etc..and Walker sttill goes further ahead in the polls.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 4:46pmlooks like this one is going to back fire about as big as the Treyvon Martin deal
Report Post »Laken
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 5:44pmDefeat the Unions AND the Democrats uhhhh I mean Progressives…uhhhh I mean Socialists…uhhhh I mean Communists….
SUPPORT WALKER…
Report Post »http://www.newsmax.com/US/Democrats-Walker-recall-Wisconsin/2012/05/24/id/440210
Laken
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 5:46pmhttp://www.scottwalker.org/
Report Post »gbfreak
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 1:24pmWalker is a true Hero. He has put up a rare stand against pure evil thugs!
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 1:42pmGod Bless Walker! You took the words out of my mouth, America could use more politicians like him to take a stand for right no matter what the cost.
Report Post »Richard_Cranium
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 2:53pmThe perfect storm: Walker wins big, Supreme Court shoots down Obamacare, and economy stays flat or worsens. If Romney keeps up this disciplined and organized campaign and picks a good VP (Rubio), this will be a big time beatdown this fall.
Report Post »OhSnappage
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 3:02pmWisconsin is extremly fortunate to have Gov. Walker looking out for them and bringing them back from the brink.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 3:15pmEarlier Rush was making some excellent points regarding how well Walker is doing. Some of the lib journalists are getting mad with the unions that made such a spectacle of themselves in the eyes of the voters that those actions may cause the State of Wisconsin to just barely swing toward Romney. Mind you, this is just speculation so far, but has a promising look to it.
Report Post »Hiswill
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 12:34amGlad to see Wisconsin has come to its senses.
Report Post »God bless Governor Walker. We need more governors like you in this country.
jackact
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 1:11pmMessage to thug Trumpka,
Report Post »….start posting the out-of-business signs.
Nationwide.
Sincerely,
Assaulter of working families
:)
wewantchillywilly
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:49pmstupid wisconsin residents. mostly madison and milwaukee. those two cities are still socialist, at best. they can drink a bucket of warm cat piss for all i care.
Report Post »HowardSternIsABigot
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 4:01pmMilwaukees felinest?
Report Post »madvlad
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 5:53pmHey, we’re not ALL that bad! I got out of Mad-town 24 years ago and haven’t ever looked back. The reality is different there, and God help any conservative caught outside after dark.
Report Post »moussiagilda
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 7:06pmYou are Mad Vlad? Could you be any more obvious?
Madison, right now, from now on, is the brand new Cradle of Liberty. You know nothing about Madison.
Report Post »bigdaddyt46
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:33ammilwaukee is not that bad. sure there are some , but by and large the true lib cess pool is madison
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:23pm“While President Obama leads Romney by 46-36, 6 percent chose libertarian Gary Johnson (which reduces the gap between the president and Romney to 45-41).”
Did you see that? 6%are choosing a 3rd party candidate (which is HELPING Romney). And just like many of us constituton/ron paul people have said – a lot of the Gary Johnson supporters are coming from the democrats. There is nothing to fear from 3rd party – it is showing how bad the republicans and democrats really are.
There are a great many democrats who just want a candidate who will let them live their lives, follow the constitution, and not start unnecessary wars. Join the fight for liberty
Report Post »TheSoundOf Truth
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 1:45pm“Legalize, Regulate, and Tax”
That is enough for me to never vote for a liberalatarian in my life.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 2:23pmRomney can landslide it if he plays to win.
But, he won’t. So, it’ll be unnecessarily close.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 3:03pmAll ROMNEY has to do is to follow this PRIC** lead and
Report Post »not be afraid to get in the gutter to fight…Study Chicago
Politics..they care less about the People, to them it’s all
about the $$$$$$$$$$ and keeping AirForceOne………..
VioletLilly
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:51amImagine if the biased poll had actually substituted the name of Gary Johnson for Ron Paul. They chose to leave Ron Paul out because they were afraid of seeing how much better Ron Paul can compete with Obummer.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:03pmTheSoundOf Truth
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 1:45pm
“Legalize, Regulate, and Tax”
That is enough for me to never vote for a liberalatarian in my life.
What the H3!! are you talking about Libertarians don’t Regulate or Tax. Please tell me that your a Dem. If not there is no hope for the GOP with the ignorance of your kind in the party.
Report Post »don young
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:19pmIf for some chance the dems cheat enough and walker looses then they will learn the hard way being run by the unions see how long it takes for them to go down the tubes.
Report Post »Puddle Duck
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 2:10pmGerry Brown in CA is dealing with a 16B budget shortfall….at some point even a Dem idiot like Brown will have to face facts and start cutting expenses and lowring taxes. The flight of business and top business people from CA has amplified the states problems exponentionally. The State is running out of taxpayers and businesses to squeeze. The “hit the wall” moment has come for amny deep blue states facing similar challenges. Wisconsin will show the rest of the blue states what they must do in order to survive (at least for the time being).
Report Post »RestoreCapitalism
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:14pmI think the biggest factor in the November election will be that union employees will be servicing the election machines. Fraud is our biggest obstacle.
Report Post »flipper1073
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:40pmAlways Remember
Report Post »It’s not about Who Votes
It’s about Who Counts the Votes
RJJinGadsden
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 3:17pmFLIPPER1073, Stalin
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 4:56pmyou might be right
Report Post »Tommyk1
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 10:02pmRestorecapitalism,
Report Post »Work the polls. I have been doing it since the New Black Panther voter intimidation case went unprosecuted. Keep an eye on things, make a few bucks, and ensure the electioneering (NBPP) follows the rules.
Simonne
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:14pmThese polls are all over the place. One poll showed Mitt ahead by 6 pts yesterday in Fl, today he’s trailing & this is what we constantly see. It all depends who they poll I guess. I’ve seen some polls that had lot more democrats than republicans so what do they expect?
Report Post »dirtypolitics
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 1:03pmDepends who conducts the poll and their sampling:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/24/NBC-manipulates-poll-results-to-show-Obama-ahead-in-key-swing-states
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 4:23pmI wouldn’t pay much attention to those recent NBC polls. They oversampled Dems by a ridiculous amount. The leftist media will do anything to protect their Dear Leader.
Report Post »whereareyourbrains
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:08pmare the **** brothers Americans? Did they make their money working in America. Or are they George Soros that bankrupted countries to make his profit? Soros is not an American and he gets Obamas full attention. Money talks people. Anyone but a DEMOCRAT……….
Report Post »crazyoz
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:07pmSorry Libs, the report that Obama is leading Romney 46 to 36 is incorrect. Average polls have Obama at 47.3 vs Romney at 45.7.
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:01pmSpending union retirment funds to fight political battles in states that cannot pay their retirment debts is beyound me why union members will support union backed elections……..spending money to steal money from tax payers and union members benefits ….hello
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:16pmSEIU is paying the rent for the OWS’ers in Washington DC
UNION PEOPLE? You want your dues spent on this TRASH????
WAKE UP!!!!
OMG 2012
I’m rooting for Scott Walker!!!
Report Post »kat747
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:51pmFraudulent enough for those union dues to be spent on that trash,
Report Post »but where did that $400 Million Dollars and $30 MILLION from the AFL-CIO and electrical union contributions to Obama’s 2008 campaign come from ? Don’t sit there and tell those union members it came from their “dues” ! Try “pension fund” and then try “RICO LAWS” !
Talk about a Ponzi scheme………
rangerp
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 4:57pmHmmmmm
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 4:58pmScott will win this one with flying colors
Report Post »psadie
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:52amI hope that Gov. Walker wins the recall. This nonsense has to stop otherwise ALL elections will be subjected to recalls at the whim of the unions. You cannot keep voting till you get the outcome that suits you. This is pure BS. I wish that Wisconsins hand the unions their walking papers and shut them up once and for all.
Report Post »whereareyourbrains
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:14pmActually , we need to start finding out what party the Judges belong in. I no longer believe they are bi partisan. 9th circuit is one case scenerio. Recall judges would be wonderful. I just want to know what party they hang with. I want to vote for the party I like. I think the law should be changed on Judges being no affiliated. We all know it is a down and out lie. Time to recall a lot of Judges.
Report Post »Bigmouth-strikes-again
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:51amI wonder what they will do next after Walker wins?
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:57amA recall , recall? I never like to play golf with those who talk mulligans on every hole!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 3:09pm@Bigmouth-strikes-again
What do Union thugs most always do to someone that they can’t control? Cement shoes?
Report Post »thekuligs
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:36amI had never even hard of the Koch brothers until the left started blaming them for everything. So I am going to go out on a limb here and say they don’t really influence how I think or feel.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:51amThey are evil, evil men..I hear they are actually in business to make a profit! Have you ever heard of anything that demonic in your life?
Report Post »TheReasonableLib
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:02pmMost liberals never even “hard” of George Soros until the right started blaming him for everything.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:20pm@TheReasonableLib
Are you a teenager? You sound like my daughter. “…for everything.”
I don’t blame George Soros for everything, only the things for which he is repsonsible. If he wasn’t funding so many Communist groups – directly and indirectly – Conservatives wouldn’t have a problem with him.
I can see why you dislike the Koch bothers, though. They fund so many pro-American groups that oppose Communism. It‘s easy to dislike someone who’s opposed to you ideologically.
Report Post »RedDirtTexas
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 1:20pm@ The Reasonable Lib…Soros is a Hungarian born Jew who sold out the whereabouts of his own people in order that he was spared by his “adoptive” German commandant father. He got his start from confiscated money. His billions came from playing international currencies up and then selling quickly, often breaking small countries. He is a one-world order elitist and the man behind the campaign financing of much of the Democratic party including Obama and Harry Reid, to name a couple of bigs. He invests in Democratic politicians. Then he invests in ventures, i.e. Brazilian offshore development, then Obama sends Brazil 2 billion for offshore development and his stock rises. Then he sells and the American tax payer gets nothing! That is who he is!
Report Post »Puddle Duck
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 2:19pmSoros is the biggest robber baron of all time…….the OWS idiots rail against US based corporate corruption and greed and yet give the biggest most corrupt crimial corp raider (of entire nations) of all time a complete pass.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 3:27pmTHEREASONABLELIB, Sorry, but you are either ignorant of the facts, and that just means that you may be uninformed, not a slight on you, or you are outright lying. MoveOn.org has been around just how long? Hillary spoke of Soros and his fundings many, many years ago. Okay, maybe you were just not paying attention back then while you were banging away on your PlayStation or like games. Soros has been a prominently known public figure here for quite some time and really came to light when France put him on trial, I believe in absentia, while he made his escape to this country. That was during the Clinton reign of terror.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:35amThese recalls are a waste of tax payer money.
Case in point…A state rep Republican from my district made an enemy of the unions and he was recalled…by a mere 300+ votes (out of a district of about 17,000 registered voters).
In the special election to fill the vacant seat, the Dems put a former union boss on the ballot and he lost…So we’re right back to where we started!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:48amI agree that the standard for recall is too low.
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:55amYup, the recall should of gone 4 the dumocrats that left the state, called darelic of duty.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:09pmWhoops, I meant a district of 75,000..not 17,000…
Report Post »SONOFNANYE-HI
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:47pmThis Recall election, as well as the Democrats that left the state to hide from their duty is a perfect example of the temper tantrum that these Commuist Organizing Agitators are capable of. I agree the Recall rules need to be changed for only criminal issues. Not because they don’t like the vote. Waaa! IMO the criminals (thieves) were the ones who left the state while still receiving a paycheck from the Wisconsin tax payers. Change the law that if any representative shirks their duty, they are imediately let go with no chance of serving in a public office ever again.
Report Post »RodT82721
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:34amAnother poll. 708 maybe voters out of what 5 million residents? A 0.00014 sample!
If you go read the actual poll results, one thing came thru to me, and that is that the answers are leaning into the Democrat camp. So what is the actual breakdown of respondents? That is a fact that is always missing on these polls that are published to ‘show’ how the election will go.
There will be a real poll on June 6th. We will know the true feelings of WI voters on the Gov. Walker question.
The POTUS poll will be in November. That’s the only poll that matters, these media polls have an agenda IMHO.
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:33amThe only polls that matter are the ones taken on election day.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:08pmI suppose. I just read that the Massachussets GOP has decided to THROW OUT votes. Provisional ballots won’t be counted.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:33amAhhh so a “Walker win” (again btw) still means that the “cheese heads” will still be voting back in the anti-Christ? Yeah their logic is so comforting…..NOT!
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 7:10pmYour hate is nourishing! We love hateful liberals :) Have a nice day!
Report Post »I hope the unions spend EVERY penny on this election,bankrupt the pension funds, and go to jail ;)~
hauschild
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:25amIt‘s relieving knowing Walker’s ahead and will prevail, but just remember 42 out of 100 Wisconsin residents do NOT support him. 42 out of 100 Wisconsin residents are selfish slugs and are okay with screwing their fellow residents for a few extra bucks in their pockets. That’s an awfully high number of people and it will not change until public sector workers are brought back into line and compensated at reasonable levels.
Report Post »jblaze
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:25amGo Walker!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:25amPeople tend to disagree upon just about everything… so they seem Irrational… but what is their Logic used in providing support for Walker and Obama?
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:55amSeems they care more about their state than the country. They realize that it will take a Republican to fix things at home but haven’t quite gotten around to seeing the same in the bigger picture. Maybe they will come around ,several months till we rid ourselves of the fraud in chief ,maybe they’ll figure it out.
Report Post »flipper1073
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 12:32pmMaybe They’re just Confused
Report Post »giving them the benefit of the Doubt.
The only other possible Reason is
Stupid an I don’t think they are.
johnjamison
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:23amWhat that poll shows is that Wis. voters are all over the place and have no real clue about the politicians you can’t be for Walkers and against Romney as they both are touting the same basic message.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:28amIt‘s because nearly half the people in Wisconsin are leftists that have been taught that it’s the government’s responsibility to take care of them.
The people are generally sharp, but they’re stupid, if that makes sense.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 8:22pmYou are missing the point. What it shows is that even the IDIOTS who still support BHO are coming down off the Kool Aid enough to see all the good Walker is doing. Whether they actually vote is another matter.
Report Post »Oh yeah,I done figgered that out even tho I am sharp but stupid………
lisa2994
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:21amGood for the people of Wisconsin keep fighting and we can start to set this country right one state at a time.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:20amGood for Walker. I have to believe the other poll has more to do with our candidate than our party.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:19amGood! But I’ll be more relieved once the actual election results are in. I never rule out cheating with lefties.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:31amBut you’re fine with Team Nevada?
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:36amI hate cheaters on all fronts. It is certainly more pervasive on the left. I am all for conservatism. And, yes, JUST, I know you‘re a huge RP supporter so I don’t need the rest of your talking points.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 11:53amBut speaking of Nevada……exactly how do you think good ole Harry survived for all these years? Maybe the only way Nevadans can win back their state is by playing the same games as the lefties…..
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on May 24, 2012 at 8:18pmThe unions are bringing in BUSLOADS of voters in Milwaukee and Madison to early vote. It is truly sickening,they are all registering at the polls. We are doing all that we can, but in two weeks the union monkeys can do a LOT of cheating.
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