Donald Trump has inspired a gaping regional divide among Republican voters in Wisconsin, reflecting many of the fault lines plaguing the GOP today. In an upside-down version of a traditional campaign, the Republican front-runner is immensely unpopular in the reddest part of the state — the outer suburbs and exurbs […] Read more »
Health Quality An Issue For Poor, 2 Years Into Obamacare
A series of polls in key states by NPR and its partners finds that more than half of adults in the U.S. believe the Affordable Care Act has either helped the people of their state or has had no effect. Those sentiments are common despite all the political wrangling that […] Read more »
Obama and Walker: four years of Wisconsin polling — and polarization
When the Marquette University Law School launched its massive statewide polling project four years ago, Wisconsin voters were split straight down the middle over President Barack Obama: 47% approved and 47% disapproved. Thirty polls later, little has changed. … Wisconsin could hardly be more polarized along party lines over its […] Read more »
Senate majority within reach for Democrats
A major new survey in four U.S. Senate battleground states shows that Democrats are within striking distance of the majority in 2016. Democratic candidates are 6 points up in Colorado (Democratic hold), 5 points ahead of a Republican incumbent in Wisconsin (a Democratic pick up) and knotted in Ohio and […] Read more »
Scott Walker Had a Great Starting Position but Not a Great Start
Scott Walker’s rapid but unsurprising rise to the top of the Republican pack was perhaps the clearest example during the first half of the primary season of the importance of fundamentals: factors that shape the outcome of the race from the very start, like the amount of support from party […] Read more »
Scott Walker Wants To Cure His Party Of Its Weakness For Moderates
Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin has a realistic shot at becoming the most conservative Republican nominee for president in a generation. … The question now is whether the Republican Party, which nominated unsuccessful moderate candidates in 2008 and 2012, will decide that 2016 is the year for a conservative. CONT. […] Read more »