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AFL-CIO Polls Show Wisconsin Supports Protestors, Opposes Walker

AFL-CIO Polls Show Wisconsin Supports Protestors, Opposes Walker

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Posted: 02/22/11 07:27 AM

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WASHINGTON - New polling conducted for the AFL-CIO and shared with The Huffington Postshows Wisconsin voters siding with the state workers, unions and protestors by large majorities and expressing net disapproval of Republican Governor Scott Walker

The Democratic polling firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research conducted two surveys among likely voters in Wisconsin this past week, one fielded between Wednesday and Sunday last week (604 live interviews, margin of error +/- 4%) and the second fielded Saturday and Sunday (402 live interviews, margin of error +/- 5%).

Both surveys began with questions about Walker's performance as governor and more general popularity ratings of Walker, Senate Democrats and other players on both sides of the controversy. The results of the two surveys on these questions were within sampling error of each other: Walker's approval rating is now net negative, with the disapproval rating reaching or slightly