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05 March 2011

Fun at the polls.

Public-Policy-Polling

Side with Governor Walker or the public employee unions:
Walker: 47%
Unions: 51%

Side with Governor Walker or the Senate Democrats:
Walker: 47%
Democrats: 52%

Walker's approval rating:
Approve: 46%
Disapprove: 52%

On public employee rights:
Fewer: 41%
Same: 44%
More: 11%

On public-unions having a right to collective bargaining:
Should not: 37%
Should: 57%

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Rasmussen Reports

Support among those asked about weakening collective bargaining rights:
Walker: 41%
Unions: 56%

Support among those asked about the state budget:
Walker: 44%
Senate Democrats: 52%

On weakening collective bargaining rights:
Favour: 39%
Oppose: 52%

Walker's approval rating:
Strongly Approve: 34%
Somewhat Approve: 9%
Somewhat Disapprove: 9%
Strongly Disapprove: 48%
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The Franklin Center (a conservative organization founded by a former Republican operative)

On whether public-unions should have collective bargaining powers:
No: 32%
Yes: 56%
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Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (a poll sponsored by the AFL-CIO)

Walker's approval rating:
Strongly Approve: 31%
Somewhat Approve: 10%
Somewhat Disapprove: 8%
Strongly Disapprove: 43%

On the agenda of Walker and Senate Republicans:
Strongly Approve: 28%
Somewhat Approve: 15%
Somewhat Disapprove: 12%
Strongly Disapprove: 39%

On respondent's political identity:
Liberal: 15%
Moderate: 38%
Conservative: 40%
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NBC/Wall Street Journal

On eliminating collective bargaining rights to deal with a state budget:
Acceptable: 33%
Unacceptable: 62%
(American Public)
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Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 2010
Walker: 52%
Barrett: 46%

Yes, Governor, you really ran on busting unions stripping public-unions of collective bargaining, didn’t you?


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