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Poll: Majority don't side with Walker; senators should come home
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Feb 18, 2011 09:17pm |
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| Category | Poll |
| Author | Lee Bergquist |
| Media | Newspaper - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
| News Date | Friday, February 18, 2011 08:20:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A new poll shows that a small majority of Wisconsin residents disagree with Gov. Scott Walker’s plans to increase public employees’ share of their benefits and to strip the unions of much of their power.
But the poll also says that a stronger majority of respondents think that Democratic state senators, who fled the Capitol on Thursday to avoid taking a vote on the Walker’s legislation, should return to Madison.
The poll was conducted and paid for We Ask America of Springfield, Ill. Gregg Durham, chief operating officer of the polling group, said that his organization is largely owned by the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, but the polling work of We Ask America is done separately from the association.
The poll was conducted on Thursday by sampling 2,397 Wisconsin residents. The margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points.
"We did this poll out of curiosity," Durham said.
The poll asked respondents if they approve or disapprove of Walker’s plans. According to the poll, 43.05% approved and 51.9% disapproved. 5.05% were uncertain. Females and union households registered higher disapproval.
On whether the Democratic senators should return to Madison, 55.99% said yes, 36.38% said no and 7.63% were not sure. There was virtually no difference of opinion based on gender. |
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