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Survey of 500 Likely Voters December 8, 2005
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December 12, 2005--Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle leads two potential Republican challengers in his bid for re-election. Fifty-six percent (56%) of the state's voters approve of the way Doyle has performed his role as Governor. Doyle leads Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker by 11 percentage points 48% to 37%. The incumbent also leads Congressman Mark Green by six, 45% to 39%. Rasmussen Reports will begin coverage of the primary match-up early in 2006. Crosstabs and other information is available for Premium Members. Wisconsin Democrats are evenly divided as to whether they would prefer Senator Russ Feingold or Senator Hillary Clinton as their party's Presidential nominee in 2008. Unaffiliated voters in the state prefer Feingold by a 2-to-1 margin. [More Below] Sixty percent (60%) of Wisconsin voters favor building a barrier along the Mexican border to help reduce illegal immigration. That's about the same as the national average. Congressman Green is viewed favorably by 44% of Wisconsin voters and unfavorably by 38%. For Walker, the numbers are 40% favorable and 38% unfavorable. In Election 2002, Rasmussen Reports projected that Doyle would be elected Governor with a 4-point margin of victory and Doyle won 45% to 41%. In Election 2004, we projected Wisconsin would vote for Kerry by two points--Kerry won 50% to 49%. Rasmussen Reports has launched our ElectionEdgeTM Premium Service for Election 2006 to bring you the most comprehensive public opinion coverage ever provided for a mid-term election. During Election 2006, Rasmussen Reports will poll at least once a month in every Senate and Governors' race. Coverage will include more frequent measurement of competitive races. Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information. Rasmussen Reports was the nation's most accurate polling firm during the Presidential election and the only one to project both Bush and Kerry's vote total within half a percentage point of the actual outcome. During Election 2004, RasmussenReports.com was also the top-ranked public opinion research site on the web. We had twice as many visitors as our nearest competitor and nearly as many as all competitors combined. Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.
The telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports December 7, 2005. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. |
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