Wisconsin Voters Do Not Like Scott Walker, or His Education Budget–Slashing Ways

[DonViejo]

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is officially launching his Republican presidential primary campaign Monday with lots of reasons to be happy. Walker is considered one of the potential favorites in a field with no clear front-runner and is a personal darling of powerful conservative voices, such as influential donors David and Charles Koch. Walker also starts the race with an early advantage in the first-in-the-nation caucuses of Iowa, where recent polls have him up on his nearest challengers by 8 and 6 points, respectively.

While Iowa Republicans might be excited by the prospect of a Walker presidency, there’s a nearby state where people are less fond of Walker: Wisconsin. The latest job approval numbers on Walker out of his state had him at a pitiful 41 percent in a pair of April polls. His disapproval number in one poll by St. Norbert College, Wisconsin Public Radio, and Wisconsin Public Television was 58 percent, and in the same poll 59 percent of Wisconsin adults didn’t even want him to run for president. In that survey a full 60 percent of respondents said he would make a “poor” or “not so good” president, including 44 percent who went with the former.

That survey bore out the results of a similar one conducted around the same time by Marquette Law School, which found that 56 percent of registered Wisconsin voters disapproved of the job he was doing as governor and 53 percent said the state was on the “wrong track.”

The point is that—however he does in the rest of the country—a Walker nomination is not likely to turn Wisconsin red for the first time since 1984. Republicans had hoped that having Rep. Paul Ryan on the presidential ticket in 2012 might boost their chances in the state, but they ended up losing by a full 7 points. Having Walker on the ticket would not likely offer an improvement. If anything, it could hurt the party in the Badger State.

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[longship]

1. Than why did they elect the douche bag three fucking times? nt

[PeaceNikki]

2. Because the asshole teabaggers (I know, redundant) vote more in midterm and special elections.

[tritsofme]

8. Exactly, in Wisconsin Romney got 150,000 more votes in 2012 than Walker in his succesful 2014 run

Except Romney was handily defeated in the state.

Incredibly frustrating.

[PeaceNikki]

9. Yup, Obama voters in heavily blue areas did a dismal job.

And hardly much better throughout the state.

It's a crying shame.

[randys1]

3. I really believe enough Americans, still, value hate way more than survival and that is how

these vile, disgusting puke fucks get elected.

That and they cheat, they stop Black people from voting, they count the votes and lie, etc.

[PeaceNikki]

4. They value greed and selfishness. They hate the poor even when they are ARE the working poor.

It's the libertarian, get the gubmit outta mah pokits dumb fucks aligning with the rich and racists to fuck us all over.

[randys1]

6. But if you have a microwave then you are rich compared to other countries so stop

whining.

I read that here today somewhere.

Brainwashing is a powerful tool of the Oligarchy.

[hifiguy]

5. UW Madison has been one of that state's shining lights of excellence for decades

and he seems hell-bent on destroying one of the best state universities in the nation. And that is coming from a Minnesota alum here. He's a weaselly little shitbag who couldn't stop lying if he even wanted to and who jumps when the Kochtopus tells him to jump. The only question he ever asks is "how high?"

[riversedge]

7. So many sad things happening but the destruction of the UW-system is

so hard to take. Just so hard.