Posted on 06/05/2012 6:25:43 PM PDT by presidio9
Whatever Scott Walker's fate, Barack Obama may drag some bragging rights out of the Wisconsin governor's recall election: Voters in preliminary exit poll results today say they favor Obama over Mitt Romney in November's presidential election by a slight 6-point margin (51-45 percent).
These results are preliminary so it remains to be seen if that result will hold in final exit poll results later tonight. If so, it might provide Obama forces with pushback should Walker, the incumbent Republican, prevail in the recall election against Democratic candidate Tom Barrett, the mayor of Milwaukee.
Barrett lost to Walker when the two faced off in 2010. One possible boost for Barrett this year comes from union voters: Nearly a third of voters in preliminary exit poll results say they're from union households, up from 26 percent two years ago. And slightly more than half say they have a favorable impression of public employee unions; restrictions on such unions that were backed by Walker led to the recall.
But voters in these preliminary results divide almost exactly evenly on Walker's handling of those unions, with high levels of strong sentiment on both sides.
The division between Democrats and Republicans is much like it was in 2010, with both their numbers slightly down, and an apparent increase in turnout by independents in these preliminary results. Partisan divisions are very similar to their levels two years ago - but with an apparent rise in opposition to the Tea Party political movement, expresed by 31 percent in 2010, vs. 36 percent in these preliminary resuts.
Another result, at the same time, holds some promise for Walker: Wisconsin voters are more apt to say government "is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals" than to
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However much Obama leads Romney by, the election’s not for five months.
This is what we call a “silver lining”....
I just don’t see how a walker voter is also an obama voter...
Yes, the Drive By’s have to try to do a buzz kill.
Yes, the Drive By’s have to try to do a buzz kill.
BARRETT 45%
WALKER 54%
[2% IN]
Drudge
The election tonight will be a game changer. This article is dead. Irrelevant. People change. Tomorrow, they’ll be burning their Obama posters. HE DIDN’T SHOW UP TO HELP THEM ELECT THEIR CANDIDATE, now did he.
The commie ‘RATS in search of some good news.
Yes, the Drive By’s have to try to do a buzz kill.
The ‘Rats are already covering their butts for when Barrett gets his kicked
This means Obama will actually have to spend money in Wisconsin in addition to Ohio and VA..
here’s ABC trying to give bambi some cover
Wow talk about a convoluted headline
What an absolutely stupid premise for a headline.
That’s because Bambi knows a loser when he sees one. Or at least his handlers do, because he’s too dumb to know anything when he sees it.
Nonetheless, I think WI will probably go for Obama. I find Bambi wildly unattractive, but a lot of people think he’s cute.
And since the GOP decided that what they wanted was an Obama of a different color and different cult - but otherwise identical in his nanny-state, leftist, big government ideas - if it comes down to “cute” as opposed to totally leaden and unattractive (that would be Romney), “cute” is going to win.
Why post this article?
Earlier prediction favoring Obama but too close to call regarding Walker?
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