One figure in the early exit poll data could indicate a pitfall for Republican Gov. Scott Walker in the Wisconsin recall, with the voting public approving in principle of unions for government employees.
CBS News reports that 52 percent of voters had a favorable view of public unions, compared with 43 percent who had an unfavorable view. Fifty percent said they approved of recent changes to state law on collective bargaining for most government workers, compared with 48 percent who disapproved.
Making the analysis more difficult, the actual changes that Walker enacted, the catalyst for the recall itself, had two separate parts — one involving employee contributions to their benefit packages, and a wholesale roll-back of collective bargaining and union certification.
