ugonow
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Post by ugonow on Mar 3, 2011 13:15:19 GMT -5
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AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Mar 3, 2011 15:43:47 GMT -5
That's two MAJOR discrepancies.
First, only 12% of households are union, so a poll that includes 30% union household over-represents union members by 150%.
Second, for whatever reason, they ended up polling a 46% Walker to 45% Barrett group of voters in 52% Walker, 46% Barrett State.
The only poll that counts is November 2012. If Walker is so wrong, then voters will have a chance to send him and his Repbulican legislators home. Until then, Democrats need to come back, debate the bill, and vote.
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hello fromWarsaw
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Hiya! Wake UP!!
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Post by hello fromWarsaw on Mar 3, 2011 16:40:01 GMT -5
Actually, the Dems are going to recall 3 or 4 Pub Wisconsin senators in MAY to get a majority again- huge overreach!
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Mar 3, 2011 17:39:39 GMT -5
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The driveway needs a little work.
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Post by pappyjohn99 on Mar 4, 2011 1:37:34 GMT -5
Actually, the Dems are going to recall 3 or 4 Pub Wisconsin senators in MAY to get a majority again- huge overreach! lol Maybe in your dreams. In Wisconsin the Dems are gonna get cuffed, stuffed, and brought to the capitol. A forum will be declared, the vote will be held, Dems will lose, they will be fined for contempt of congress, then sent home. Life is good. How's things in Warsaw?
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Post by ugonow on Mar 5, 2011 9:16:47 GMT -5
Then there are those damn voters to deal with----"Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's efforts to strip public employee unions of most of their collective bargaining rights appears to be so unpopular, that a Rasmussen poll now finds that almost 60% of likely Wisconsin voters disapprove of his job performance.
That finding shows just how quickly Walker -- who was elected to his first term last November with 52% of the vote -- has sunk just in his first two months in office. And it comes one day after Rasmussen released results from the same poll, all of which showed public opinion firmly on the side of the unions in the labor rights battle that has deadlocked the state capitol for the past few weeks.
In the poll, 57% of respondents said they disapprove of Walker's job performance -- including 48% who say they strongly disapprove. Meanwhile, only 43% said they approve of the job Walker is doing.
Not surprisingly, respondents who said they belong to a public union sided heavily against Walker, with roughly eight in ten giving him negative marks on job performance. Yet not only were public sector union members opposed to Walker, but a majority of private sector union members also disapproved of the governor by a 53% to 43% margin.
Also interesting to note -- the overwhelming opposition from people with children in Wisconsin public schools. Sixty-seven percent of people in that demographic disapprove of Walker, including 54% who strongly disapprove.
It's the latest poll to show Walker losing public support as the debate drags on, and as he continues to insist on a roll back of collective bargaining rights that have been in place for decades. Previous polls by PPP and GQR have shown Walker receiving little support for his proposal.
The Rasmussen poll is notable because, while PPP and GQR are Democratic pollsters, Rasmussen tends to tilt Republican, suggesting the results spell even more trouble for Walker. "
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