OK, WHAT DO THE PEOPLE IN WISCONSIN THINK?

(h/t Lee Fang at Think Progress)

Although I believe that once elected, politicians have a fair amount of flexibility in how they deal with issues, if only because the problems often look different from the inside, an early poll indicates that a majority of people in Wisconsin support the public sector unions against Gov. Walker.

Weirdness in Wisconsin

As you may know, Gov. Scott Walker has proposed a plan to limit the pay of government workers and teachers, increase their share of the cost of benefits, and strip some public-employ unions of much of their power. We’d like to know if APPROVE or DISAPPROVE of Gov. Walker’s plan.

Here are those results:
Type of Poll: Automated
Sample: 2,397 Wisconsin residents
Date of Poll: 2/17/201
Margin of Error: ±2.0%

	APPROVE	DISAPPROVE	UNCERTAIN
OVERALL	43.05%	51.90%	5.05%
BY GENDER
Female	39.53%	54.47%	6.00%
Male	47.72%	48.50%	3.78%
BY UNION / NON UNION HOUSEHOLDS
Union	33.08%	63.75%	3.17%
Non-union	47.95%	46.08%	5.97%
BY AGE BRACKET
18-24	32.43%	62.16%	5.41%
25-34	43.94%	52.27%	3.79%
35-44	41.14%	52.85%	6.01%
45-54	45.61%	50.76%	3.63%
55-64	43.29%	54.03%	2.68%
65+	42.30%	50.13%	7.58%