Labor & Employment Law

If Voters Went to Polls Today, Walker Would Get Trounced

By James Parks

If Wisconsin voters could vote over today they’d support defeated Democratic nominee Tom Barrett over Scott Walker by a 52-45 margin, according to new poll to be released tomorrow. 

The poll by Public Policy Polling shows the difference between how folks would vote now and how they voted in November. The difference can be attributed to shifts within Republican and union households.

 Republicans, more so than Democrats or Independents, are shifting away from Walker and their votes would enable Barrett to win a rematch if there was one today. Only 3 percent of the Republicans who were surveyed said they voted for Barrett last fall but now 10 percent say they would if they could do it over again. In households where there is a union member voters now say they’d go for Barrett by a 31 point margin, up from the 14 point advantage they gave him in November.

You can see the full poll results here

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on February 28, 2011 (boomark / email).