Second Poll Shows Walker’s Approval Rating Slipping

FILE - In this March 7, 2015 file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during the Iowa Agriculture Summit in Des Moines, Iowa. Known for his accessibility and willingness to always be available to take question... FILE - In this March 7, 2015 file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during the Iowa Agriculture Summit in Des Moines, Iowa. Known for his accessibility and willingness to always be available to take questions, even after the most routine appearances, Walker has suddenly become much harder to reach as he ramps up for a likely 2016 presidential campaign and deals with a series of flubs and shifts in position on hot button issues. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) MORE LESS
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In the wake of a poll last week showing low approval ratings for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), a second poll released on Wednesday found Walker’s approval rating slipping as well.

Just 41 percent of Wisconsin residents approved of Walker while 58 percent disapproved, according to a poll released by St. Norbert College, Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Television.

Last week, a Marquette University poll found that 41 percent of registered voters approved of Walker while 56 percent disapproved. Charles Franklin, who conducted the Marquette poll, said it that the poll found Walker’s lowest approval numbers since 2012.

St. Norbert College, Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Television surveyed 600 Wisconsin residents via phone April 8-17 with a margin of error plus or minus 4 percentage points.

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  1. It’s incredibly awful that people have to be violently raped before they even realize they’re being screwed.

  2. A comment on a Poll presented over at Politico showing Rubio 2 pts behind Clinton. It is flawed…Demographic breakdown is 73% white 12% Black 6% Hispanic…2016 will be 70% white 13% black and 12% Hispanic…always
    check a poll’s breakdown and if they don’t provide it…don’t believe it…

  3. Avatar for fgs fgs says:

    His approval is 30 points higher than it should be, given the way he’s thrown people who live here under the bus to impress the nonresident billionaires who love him so.

  4. Walker strikes me as the kind of guy you’d like to have a beer with. So long as you were allowed to kick him in the nuts when you were done.

  5. I’m surprised Walker’s approval rating isn’t lower. Just yesterday he pulled this shit…giving 57 potential pink slips to the Wisconsin DNR, 25% would come from their science unit…On Earth Day no less, to be implemented over the next two years. You’d think that would’ve made front page news in relation to his Presidential ambitions…

    He continues to be a fucking Kochsucking slimeball.

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