{"id":22372,"date":"2014-03-26T13:40:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T18:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=22372"},"modified":"2014-03-26T14:50:02","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T19:50:02","slug":"poll-results-show-strengths-and-weaknesses-for-walker-and-burke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2014\/03\/poll-results-show-strengths-and-weaknesses-for-walker-and-burke\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll Results Show Strengths and Weaknesses for Walker and Burke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of quick observations about the <a href=\"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/poll\/\">newest Marquette Law School Poll, <\/a>released Wednesday. It contains good news for Republican Governor Scott Walker, who leads his likely Democratic challenger Mary Burke 48 to 41 percent among those surveyed. Walker should also be heartened by the results of the familiar and important \u201cright direction\/wrong track\u201d question. Fifty-four\u00a0 percent of respondents say Wisconsin is headed in the right direction. Only 42 per cent say we\u2019re on the wrong track. There is also majority support for his recently signed $541 million property and income tax cut.<\/p>\n<p>But the poll reveals several areas of concern for the governor. He remains below 50 percent in job approval and in a head-to-head matchup with Burke. Seventy-three percent of those surveyed say a failure to keep his 250,000 new jobs promise would be \u201cvery important\u201d or \u201csomewhat important\u201d in deciding how they would vote. The governor\u2019s opposition to a minimum wage hike and repealing the state\u2019s same sex marriage ban puts him at odds with public sentiment in the poll, and the recently released John Doe documents aren\u2019t helpful. But perhaps the most worrisome result for the Walker campaign is found in question number 32. When asked if Walker \u201ccares about people like me,\u201d 51 percent say he doesn\u2019t. Forty-three percent say he does. Mary Burke fares better on the question. Thirty-six percent say Burke \u201ccares about people like me.\u201d Twenty-nine percent say she doesn\u2019t. But 34 percent say they don\u2019t know, demonstrating that many people still haven\u2019t formed an opinion of Burke. It\u2019s early, but the \u201cempathy\u201d or \u201ccompassion\u201d question will be one to watch as the campaign moves into high gear.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of quick observations about the newest Marquette Law School Poll, released Wednesday. It contains good news for Republican Governor Scott Walker, who leads his likely Democratic challenger Mary Burke 48 to 41 percent among those surveyed. Walker should also be heartened by the results of the familiar and important \u201cright direction\/wrong track\u201d question. 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