Poll: If WI had a do over they'd support Dem. nominee Tom Barrett over Walker by a 52-45 margin

[Kadie]

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Do over?

We'll have our full poll on the Wisconsin conflict out tomorrow but here's the most interesting finding: if voters in the state could do it over today they'd support defeated Democratic nominee Tom Barrett over Scott Walker by a 52-45 margin.

The difference between how folks would vote now and how they voted in November can almost all be attributed to shifts within union households. Voters who are not part of union households have barely shifted at all- they report having voted for Walker by 7 points last fall and they still say they would vote for Walker by a 4 point margin. But in households where there is a union member voters now say they'd go for Barrett by a 31 point margin, up quite a bit from the 14 point advantage they report having given him in November.

It's actually Republicans, more so than Democrats or independents, whose shifting away from Walker would allow Barrett to win a rematch if there was one today. Only 3% of the Republicans we surveyed said they voted for Barrett last fall but now 10% say they would if they could do it over again. That's an instance of Republican union voters who might have voted for the GOP based on social issues or something else last fall trending back toward Democrats because they're putting pocketbook concerns back at the forefront and see their party as at odds with them on those because of what's happened in the last month.

more...
http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2011/02/do-over.html

[PA Democrat]

1. Can you hear them now, Walker?

[Zoeisright]

2. Well, where were those voters?

And who were the fucking idiots who put Wanker (sic) in charge in the first place?

[notesdev]

5. They didn't show up

And if you don't show up come election time, all the protesting in the world is for naught.

[leftstreet]

6. How many prominent Dems showed up on the campaign trail?

How much effort/money did the party put into this race?

:shrug:

[notesdev]

7. None?

None that I remember, anyway.

The party leadership completely abandoned the playing field and what we see in WI is just a tiny part of the consequences.

[Ian David]

3. That's still a small enough margin to make Wisconsin look stupid. n/t

[patrice]

4. Lots of people make the mistake of believing in "go along to get along", but when you abdicate the

ONLY power you have, there is NO motive for the other side to respect "the deal".

[MineralMan]

8. Too bad they didn't vote that way in November.

I hope the lesson is learned, but I doubt it.