[tcrlaf]

Milwaukee Journal on Early Exits:

Preliminary exit polls Tuesday underscore just how sharply union issues are dividing voters in the Wisconsin recall fight.

There is little middle ground in how Tuesday’s voters feel about Gov. Walker’s handling of the collective bargaining issue.

About eight in ten voters either strongly approve or strongly disapprove of the way Walker has handled the issue, and they are roughly evenly divided between pro and con, according to exit polls.

Only two in ten voters expressed milder feelings, saying they “somewhat” approve or “somewhat” disapprove.

Not surprisingly, the issue represents a deep dividing line between voters backing Walker and those backing Tom Barrett.

Nine out of ten Walker voters approve of his handling of the issue.

Nine out of ten Barrett voters disapprove.

Almost eight in ten Walker voters have a negative view of government-employee unions.

Nine in ten Barrett voters have a positive view of government-employee unions.

Voters overall are fairly evenly divided over the collective bargaining issue and the governor’s handling of it, the exit polls shows.

These exit poll findings are preliminary and could change over the course of the evening as more data comes in based on interviews with people voting later in the day.

[Kahuna]

Per Drudge...exit polls Walker +5

[altura]

ping for 7 PM

[tennmountainman]

Something tells me a whole lot of voters being interviewed
by exit pollers are protecting themselves from the union thugs close by. They did one thing in the booth and told
exit pollers another, to protect themselves from thugery.

[Cruising For Freedom]

About eight in ten voters either strongly approve or strongly disapprove of the way Walker has handled the issue, and they are roughly evenly divided between pro and con, according to exit polls.

That is expected and says nothing. 55-45 is "roughly even" either way. But...

Almost eight in ten Walker voters have a negative view of government-employee unions.

Nine in ten Barrett voters have a positive view of government-employee unions.

So, do the math. If voters who care about the issue are "roughly evenly" split on their strong feelings about collective bargaining, and yet, 9 out of 10 Barrett voters are supportive and only 8 out of 10 Walker voters feel negatively about public unions?

This could mean that there are just that many more Walker voters to make up for the missing 1-in-10 gap. I'm hopeful.

[Paul8148]

50-48 voters approve of changes to union law