Wisconsin Republicans like their governor, and about 40% of them would vote for him in their primary if he chooses to run, but his popularity has fallen drastically among the general population of that state. In fact, if Walker was the GOP nominee (and the election was held today), he would lose his home state badly to Hillary Clinton (by about 12 points). That's pretty embarrassing for a sitting governor.
And Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson is in even worse shape. He was elected in the low-turnout off-year of 2010, but this time he must run for re-election in a presidential year (when far greater numbers of people will vote). And he is badly trailing former Senator Russ Feingold (54% to 38% -- a whopping 16 point margin).
Feingold has not officially declared as a candidate for his old senate seat, but most in Wisconsin do expect him to run. I really hope he does. He was a great senator in the past, and I'm sure he'll be just as good when re-elected. The best thing the voters of Wisconsin could do for this country is to send Russ Feingold back to the U.S. Senate.
These charts were all made from a new Marquette Law School Poll -- done between April 7th and 10th of a random sample of 803 registered Wisconsin voters, and has a margin of error of 3.5 points.
