Marquette Law School Poll: August 4-9, 2020

Registered voters

(Percentages are rounded to whole numbers for reporting of results. Frequencies have been rounded to whole numbers but percentages are calculated based on non-integer weighted sample sizes.)

Results for survey items among all registered voters are presented here. Please note that some questions are only asked of particular groups of respondents. In these instances, the row “NA’s” includes the number and percent of total respondents omitted from the question. These omitted cases are ignored when calculating the “Valid” and “Cumulative” percent columns.

S2: Gender

Record Gender
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Male 376 47 47 47
Female 425 53 53 100

S3a: State residence

Do you currently live in Wisconsin?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Yes 801 100 100 100

S4: Milwaukee city residence

Do you currently live within Milwaukee city limits?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Yes 65 8 56 56
No 52 6 44 100
(Missing) 684 85 NA NA

S5: Registered to vote

Some people are registered to vote and others are not. Are you registered to vote in the precinct or ward where you now live, or aren't you?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Yes, registered to vote 722 90 90 90
No, not registered to vote 71 9 9 99
Don't Know/Refused 9 1 1 100

S6: Plan to register

Do you plan to register to vote, or is there a chance that you may not register?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Plan to Register 79 10 100 100
(Missing) 722 90 NA NA

Q1: Follow politics

Some people seem to follow what's going on in politics most of the time, whether there's an election going on or not. Others aren't that interested. Would you say you follow what's going on in politics most of the time, some of the time, only now and then, or hardly at all?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Most of the time 554 69 69 69
Some of the time 165 21 21 90
Only now and then 46 6 6 95
Hardly at all 36 5 5 100

Q2: Chances of voting

What are the chances that you will vote in the November 2020 general election for president, Congress, and other offices -- are you absolutely certain to vote, very likely to vote, are the chances 50-50, or don't you think you will vote?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Absolutely certain 675 84 84 84
Very likely 73 9 9 93
50-50 41 5 5 99
Will not vote 11 1 1 100

Q3: Economy over last year

Over the past year, do you feel the economy has gotten better, gotten worse, or stayed about the same?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Gotten better 173 22 22 22
Gotten worse 449 56 56 78
Stayed the same 153 19 19 97
Don't know 22 3 3 99
Refused 4 1 1 100

Q4: Economy over next year

Looking ahead, over the next year do you expect the economy to get better, get worse, or stay about the same?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Get better 357 45 45 45
Get worse 188 23 23 68
Stay the same 167 21 21 89
Don't know 87 11 11 100
Refused 2 0 0 100

Q5: Trump’s overall job

Donald Trump job approval, 2-category
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Approve 351 44 44 44
Disapprove 433 54 54 98
Don't know 12 2 2 99
Refused 5 1 1 100

Q5: Trump’s overall job (4-cat)

Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Strongly approve 239 30 30 30
Somewhat approve 112 14 14 44
Somewhat disapprove 64 8 8 52
Strongly disapprove 369 46 46 98
Don't know 12 2 2 99
Refused 5 1 1 100

Q6: Evers’ overall job

Tony Evers job approval, 2-category
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Approve 456 57 57 57
Disapprove 296 37 37 94
Don't know 47 6 6 100
Refused 2 0 0 100

Q6: Evers’ overall job (4-cat)

Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way Tony Evers is handling his job as Governor of Wisconsin?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Strongly approve 230 29 29 29
Somewhat approve 226 28 28 57
Somewhat disapprove 92 11 11 68
Strongly disapprove 205 26 26 94
Don't know 47 6 6 100
Refused 2 0 0 100

Q7: Fav/Unfav Ron Johnson

Fav/Unfav: Ron Johnson
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Favorable 266 33 33 33
Unfavorable 284 35 35 69
Haven't heard enough 219 27 27 96
Don't know 31 4 4 100
Refused 1 0 0 100

Q8: Fav/Unfav Tammy Baldwin