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Director, Marquette Law School poll. Co-founder Pollster.com. Prof Emeritus UW-Madison. R nerd. Site: https://pollsandvotes.com MULawPoll: https://law.marquette.edu/poll/category/results-and-data/
What Wisconsin Independents Think. Third in a series on partisan and independent attitudes in the most competitive state in the nation.
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Was the Iraq war worth fighting
Some perspective on public opinion and the endless war
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What Wisconsin Democrats Think:
Extremely unified in opposition to Trump and his works
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This week I’m looking behind the toplines to see what partisans and independents think about 23 topics in Wisconsin. Today we start with Republicans.
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Opinion of Trump’s military actions are malleable
… but approval of Trump barely budges.
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Opposition to data centers surged in Wisconsin. Republicans remain mildly opposed but independents and Democrats became strongly opposed since October.
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Party and ideology in Wisconsin
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Public opinion favors Supreme Court decision striking down Trump tariffs
In Jan. 63% said Court should rule against Trump, including 33% of Republicans
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Which presidents have had the lowest and the highest Gallup approval ratings? Who the highest low? Who the lowest high?
Gallup will no longer do approval polls, so these are the final all-time records.
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Gallup ends presidential approval polling. There are plenty of alternatives but having one firm back the 1930s was a great continuity. Here is my last update of their series. RIP.
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If Democrats are so unpopular, why are they winning?
Discontent doesn’t mean defection.
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Yep. Damn.
New @MULawPoll national survey looks at ICE, Renee Good shooting, deportations, Trump approval and 2026 generic ballot.
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Wisconsin Assembly top races. Democrats have to run the table of competitive races to win a majority of seats.
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I had to count on my fingers, several times. The competitive Dem seat makes it confusing.
Just what Lukas said.
If the Dem loses, must win all 3 Rep seats. If Dem wins, need 2 Rep seats. Need 3 of 4 wins either way.
There are 4 top races in the Wisconsin state Senate. Democrats need 3 of the 4 to win a majority. One of the Republicans just announced his retirement.
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Because I like Ike.
Of Gallup presidential polling.
1 year of Trump 2.0
Trump's approval is bad enough. No need to exaggerate.
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With lots of “one year in” posts on Trump approval, here is a slightly different way of looking at how the public feels about him. All or nothing on liking Trump.
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While a substantial number of members of the House of Representatives are retiring, don’t expect these retirements to produce many flipped seats or shifts in the ideological makeup of either party.
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While a substantial number of members of the House of Representatives are retiring, don’t expect these retirements to produce many flipped seats or shifts in the ideological makeup of either party.
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After more than two decades of conservative dominance liberals have won a majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, with another seat up in April.
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On Jan. 8, 17 House Republicans voted with all Democrats to extend ACA tax credits for 3 years, easily passing the bill, though prospects in the Senate are unclear. Who defected and how do they differ from their GOP colleagues?
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Yes, that would be a good project for someone. Not my skill set but a good approach.
Really useful to have such a significant corpus of news attention qs for comparison!
Also highlights how much tariffs, DOGE, immigration and the Abrego Garcia case in particular broke through.
That is even better!
Attention to news in 2025. What we noticed and what we ignored.
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