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Wisconsin Voters Would Shift to Democrat in New Election: Poll
Al Reuters ^ | March 1, 2011 | Al Reuters

Posted on 03/01/2011 6:09:55 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Wisconsin voters would narrowly favor Governor Scott Walker's Democratic opponent if the November, 2010 election were repeated, according to partial poll results released on Monday.

Walker has stirred national debate and the largest demonstrations in Wisconsin since the Vietnam War with his proposal to strip public sector unions of most collective bargaining rights.

Walker won the November 2, 2010 election 52 to 46 percent for Democrat Tom Barrett, with the remainder of the vote to minor candidates.

Public Policy Polling of Raleigh, North Carolina said a new poll showed if the election were replayed now, the result would be almost exactly flipped, with Democrat Tom Barrett getting 52 percent and Walker 45 percent, with four percent not sure.

The shift in voter sentiment away from Walker was attributed to households with at least one union member, the polling group said. More details of the poll will be released on Tuesday.

The poll surveyed 768 Wisconsin voters from February 24 to 27. Those surveyed were also asked how they voted in the November election and 47 percent said for Walker and 47 percent for Barrett.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: wisconsinshowdown
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LOL! We're 8 weeks in - they just can't HELP themselves, can they? LOL!
1 posted on 03/01/2011 6:09:57 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

al rooters BS


2 posted on 03/01/2011 6:12:11 AM PST by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Let the Union Thugs and libtards keep digging.


3 posted on 03/01/2011 6:12:21 AM PST by Howie66 (I can see November (2012) from my house.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

What a joke. 768 likely Democrats were polled.


4 posted on 03/01/2011 6:12:41 AM PST by screaminsunshine (34 States)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Christie’s numbers dropped initially too. Be prepared for them to drop. They will come back up. He is an honest broker, he will be validated.


5 posted on 03/01/2011 6:12:51 AM PST by GoCards (Why me? Why not me?o)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

How lucky for them that they found households to poll with at least one union member!

Who knew???

;)


6 posted on 03/01/2011 6:12:54 AM PST by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Lamestream media is bailing as fast as they can, but the public service unions are still sinking.


7 posted on 03/01/2011 6:14:26 AM PST by listenhillary (Social Justice is the epitome of injustice.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

PPP is the KOS kooks. Enough said.

These people are going to run interference for the next two years.

Latest poll says Palin is unelectable.

Latest poll says Hussein can’t be beat.

Latest poll says Repubs on the ropes.

Etc Etc.


8 posted on 03/01/2011 6:16:00 AM PST by nhwingut (Palin '12... Accept No Other)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“Public Policy Polling (PPP) is an American DEMOCRAT Party-affiliated polling firm based in Raleigh, North Carolina. PPP was founded in 2001 ...”

LOL....a Democrat polling outfit. Guess this article forgot to mention that this is a biased poll.


9 posted on 03/01/2011 6:16:27 AM PST by kittymyrib
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

ROTFL!!! This “poll” is a real hoot! The buffoons in the state run “media” want us to believe that the people in Wisconsin are suffering from “buyer’s remorse” ALREADY? Knuckledragging Communists are the sorriest bunch ever to infest the planet.


10 posted on 03/01/2011 6:16:46 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Just say NO to union greed!)
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Knuckledragging Communists are the sorriest bunch ever to infest the planet.

Never underestimate their capacity for evil, though, no matter how "sorry" they are.

11 posted on 03/01/2011 6:19:21 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I guess there are a lot more dumbass voters in Wisconsin than I previously thought.


12 posted on 03/01/2011 6:20:08 AM PST by Ev Reeman
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Part of the intense propaganda effort to get 3 GOP Senators to flip. Rumors out there are that one already has.


13 posted on 03/01/2011 6:20:38 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

this is not good.

Walker is the front line of good sense and courage that realizes America is out of money, and he is doing everything he can to save Wisconisin and the country. While the people he opposes are nothing but greedy parasites who care only about themselves.

if walker loses or pays a political price for doing the right thing, it will be a huge step toward the destruction of this country.


14 posted on 03/01/2011 6:20:49 AM PST by Cubs Fan (The worst kind of greed -- government greed)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

*Poll conducted of clueless, bored, and/or cheap individuals still using a landline as their primary phone number - a subset of whom are gullible enough to answer the phone during the dinner hour and reveal their innermost thoughts to an unseen stranger.


15 posted on 03/01/2011 6:20:51 AM PST by relictele
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

National bankruptcy sounds exciting to the liberals


16 posted on 03/01/2011 6:21:07 AM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Let’s see if those results hold up when the Democrats’ union money dries up.

Its a long time before 2014 rolls around.


17 posted on 03/01/2011 6:21:18 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

This is ok. Even Reagan was unpopular (very unpopular) at the very beginning.

Parents are unpopular with their kids when they force them to deal with the REAL WORLD, not the fantasy life of X-Boxes that they strive for. But parents get a lot more popular with their kids later on, when those kids can read and do math, even those their (public school ‘educated’) friends can do neither.


18 posted on 03/01/2011 6:21:46 AM PST by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
[Insert standard disclaimer about Wikipedia here] From Wikipedia:

Public Policy Polling (PPP) is an American Democratic Party-affiliated polling firm based in Raleigh, North Carolina. PPP was founded in 2001 by businessman and Democratic pollster Dean Debnam, the firm's current president and chief executive officer. The company's surveys use Interactive Voice Response (IVR), an automated questionnaire

It's worse than I thought - there are people desperate enough to repond to a ROBOPOLL. Get a hobby!

19 posted on 03/01/2011 6:24:17 AM PST by relictele
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

The poll surveyed 768 Wisconsin voters from February 24 to 27. Those surveyed were also asked how they voted in the November election and 47 percent said for Walker and 47 percent for Barrett.


Handicapping the guv by -6(compared to the Nov. result) has more to do with the outcome of this poll than any other reason.


20 posted on 03/01/2011 6:26:27 AM PST by crazyhorse691 (Now that the libs are in power dissent is not only unpatriotic, but, it is also racist.)
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