65% of Wisconsin voters think half or more of state budget surplus should go to tax cuts

Also:

• Most favor holding public university funding at current level or reducing it
• More disapprove than approve of the overall work of the state legislature, while more approve than disapprove of the work of the state Supreme Court
• Majorities favor increased state funding of special education but prioritizing property tax reduction over school spending

MILWAUKEE – A new Marquette Law School Poll survey of Wisconsin finds that 48% of registered voters approve of the job Tony Evers is doing as governor, while 46% disapprove. Forty-two percent say they would like Evers to seek a third term as governor in 2026, while 55% do not want him to run again.

Support for Evers running for a third term next year is greater than it was for former Gov. Scott Walker in January 2016, when 36% wanted him to seek a third term in 2018 and 61% did not.

The survey was conducted June 13-19, 2025, interviewing 873 Wisconsin registered voters, with a margin of error of +/-4.7 percentage points. To cover more subjects, a number of items were asked of random half-samples of 436 or 437 registered voters, with a margin of error of +/-6.6 percentage points. (All results are stated as percentages.)

A large majority of Democrats, 83%, support a third term bid by Evers. Among independents, 37% favor a third term and 50% oppose another race for Evers. Republicans oppose a third term by 93% to just 7% in favor. Table 1 shows the results by party identification.

• The U.S. president must obey rulings by either the Supreme Court or lower federal courts; majorities oppose call to impeach judges
• Majority say President Trump lacks power to freeze spending and close agencies; presidents should not have power to make laws if Congress fails to act
• Approval of the Supreme Court remains above 50%, rising from below 50% in 2022-2024.

Please note: Complete Poll results and methodology information can be found online at law.marquette.edu/poll/

MILWAUKEE – A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds strong support for federal courts when they rule against the president on legal matters. When asked whether a president must obey a ruling by a federal court, 79% say the president must obey and 21% say the president can ignore the ruling. When the question asks about a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, slightly more, 84%, say the president must obey the Supreme Court, while 16% say the president can ignore the order.

When asked in December, 79% said the president must obey rulings of the Supreme Court. There has been a small increase in the percentage since then, as shown in Table 1. The question about a ruling by “a federal court” was asked for the first time in the May survey. (All results in the tables are stated as percentages.)