A new Marquette Law School Poll finds Gov. Scott Walker’s job approval at 37% with 59% disapproval among Wisconsin voters following his presidential bid. In August, 39% approved and 57% disapproved.
Thirty-five percent say they would like to see Walker seek a third term as governor in 2018 while 62% would not. Support among Republican voters for a third-term bid is 79%.
With Walker out of the race, Donald Trump has moved into first place among Wisconsin Republican voters, with 20% support, followed by Ben Carson at 16%, Marco Rubio at 14% and Carly Fiorina at 11%. The remainder of the field includes Jeb Bush at 7%, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul each at 5%, Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie, and John Kasich each at 3%, Rick Santorum at 1% and Bobby Jindal, George Pataki, and Jim Gilmore at less than 1%. Lindsey Graham receives no support.
Trump shows a significant gain from August when he was supported by 9%, as do Fiorina and Rubio, who were both at 7% in August. Carson was at 13% a month ago.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton leads with 42%, followed by Bernie Sanders with 30% and Joe Biden at 17%. Martin O’Malley receives 1% with Lincoln Chafee and Jim Webb at less than 1%. In August, Clinton was at 44%, Sanders at 32% and Biden at 12% and the rest below 1%.
In the race for U.S. Senate, Democrat Russ Feingold is supported by 50% of registered voters while Republican incumbent Ron Johnson receives 36% support. In August, the race was tighter, with Feingold at 47% to Johnson’s 42%. In April, Feingold received 54% to Johnson’s 38%.
The poll was conducted from September 24 to 28. The full sample includes 803 registered voters interviewed by cell phone and by landline, with a margin of error of +/-4.1 percentage points. Results for the Republican nomination are based on 321 registered voters who consider themselves Republicans or independents who lean to the Republican Party. The Democratic results are based on 394 Democrats or independents who lean Democratic. The margin of error for the Republican sample is +/-6.5 percentage points and for the Democratic sample it is +/-5.9 percentage points.
