A poll released Wednesday by Marquette University shows President Barack Obama maintaining a sizable lead over Republican Mitt Romney among likely Wisconsin voters.
, according to the poll. The latest poll, released the same day at the first presidential debate, has Obama's lead is down to 11 points — 53 to 42 percent.
The U.S. Senate race, though, between Democrat U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin and former Gov. Tommy Thompson shows some signs of tightening. In August, Thompson led Baldwin by 9 points, but in September, results flipped, giving Baldwin the 9-point nod.
But Wednesday's poll has Baldwin with the edge by a smaller margin — 48 to 44 percent. That's barely outisde the poll's margin of error of 3.3 percentage points.
Gender seems to play a role in which way voters lean, too. The poll shows that women support Baldwin more than Thompson — 54 to 38 percent. Men back Thompson over Baldwin by a margin of 50 to 41 percent.
Those numbers get farther apart when it comes to the presidential election. Female voters back Obama over Romney by 61 percent to 38 percent. The spread between the candidates gets smaller for men, though, with Romney leading Obama 48 to 44 percent.
Results were presented Wednesday during an edition of "On the Issues" with broadcaster Mike Gousha and Professor Charles Franklin, director of the year-long polling project. The poll of 894 likely voters was conducted from Sept. 27-30.
Get ready to laugh!!!
The filtered media, no matter what kind of partisan affiliation they subscribe to and perpetuate, should be avoided at all costs by anyone who's serious about learning the truth. Only primary source data should be considered, while all secondary third party analysis is automatically dismissed. The people should review the primary sources for themselves, perform their own analysis, and come to their own conclusions. Just imagine how informed about the TRUTH everyone would be if they only followed this simple standard! And conservatives actually have more heart than liberals. As a percentage of income, Romney gave away more money to charity this last year than Obama and Biden combined have given away since the year 2000. Clearly, the conservative in this race has a way bigger heart than the two grinches currently occupying the WH!
As far as heart, Romney's business is based on helping companies improve their productivity, therefore making them more successful. And it's not done by just throwing borrowed money at them, either. Gosh, who do we know has done that?! Oh, and when Issac came through and ripped the shit out of states bordered by the gulf, Romney was down there to be with the people and showing compassion. Where was Obama? Why, campaigning of course. And I don't know about you, but my mirror loves the hell outta me!
I'm guessing (not assuming) that you have never actually watched Fox News or listened to "St. Rush" (cute, really). I'm also guessing that when you look in the mirror you see a pretty face, believe you're always right, and think there is no such thing as common sense. Do you claim Obama's inherited this mess as well? A true "free thinker" thinks outside the box, looks up their information on their own and makes a decision based on facts. I don't believe everything I've been told, in fact, I've been taught to do my own research from many sources. You may want to live in a socilalist society, that is your choice and opinion. I; however, would prefer to stay living in the land of the free and keep it that way.
Nice response!
So when you're young and conservative, what does that say? You think people with cable depend on handouts? It's actually a matter of priorities. Cable, as a source of information, is worth more to be than a cell-phone or a car that's under the age of fifteen.
Cable is a matter of priorities, and if I had a dollar for every case I've seen where it's been a higher priority than say food, clothing, rent, or even the electricity required to enjoy said cable, I could afford to pay a great many people's cable bill. That would be the sector of society who (for generations) have lived off the state and are breeding the next generation of leeches that my children will undoubtedly have to pay for with their hard earned money, along with the ginormous credit card bill Obama will have left. My priorities lie with keeping my children fed, clothed, and warm and knowing that you work for what you want, not waiting with an open hand. What ever happened to reading? The newspaper is a great source of information and it costs around $26 a month, much less than cable. Or better yet, there's the library where you can find all of that information online for FREE! But you enjoy your cable television and I'll be thankful for the job I have so I can afford my safe and dependable car to transport my children in and the cell phone that keeps me in touch with friends, family, and emergency services, God forbid I ever need them. Oh, and I'd call that "having common sense". A foreign concept, I'm sure.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/05/1140530/-A-few-people-showed-up-to-see-Obama-in-Wisconsin-today Fri Oct 05, 2012 at 07:27 AM PDT A few people showed up to see Obama in Wisconsin today+* I thought that on top of the good jobs report I'd add this amazing photo of President Obama speaking at the University of Wisconsin. virginia Link to the Washington Post student journalist section. According to a news report, which can be seen here on YouTube, thousands more were turned away once capacity was reached. The crowd that got to see the President was estimated at 30,000.
America United @Progress2day Paul Ryan Outraised In Home District by Congressional Opponent http://bit.ly/OHv59y #wiunion #wiright #p2 #p2b #wipolitics via @loukaye
The good jobs report?!?! Even MSNBC now believes that Obama is fudging the jobs numbers to suit his re-election campaign: http://hotair.com/archives/2012/10/05/scarborough-somethings-awfully-odd-about-this-job-report/ Maybe you can explain how the creation of 114,000 jobs lowers the unemployment rate by three tenths of a percent, as no one else seems to be able to figure out the fuzzy Obama math works here!
Actually, Ryan has out-raised Zerban by a margin of nearly 2:1.
His anger is mistakenly directed at anyone who is not a liberal, with ObamaCare he may seek some counseling. Hang in there, deep down Randy knows he is a conservative.
"It's called living within one's means instead of depending upon handouts" "the sector of society who (for generations) have lived off the state and are breeding the next generation of leeches that my children will undoubtedly have to pay for with their hard earned money," "Oh, and I'd call that "having common sense". A foreign concept, I'm sure."
I don't want future generations saddled with an enormus tax burden and National Debt. I want there to be jobs for my kids and grandkids. I most definately do not want a foreign Country to overtake the US because we became bankrupt. Developing nations have the financial means to do this, they are not debt ridden. I feel everyone who is capable should work, those who are not capable should be given assistance. In order for this to happen, we need someone willing to take some risks and make changes. Real change, not just a slogan of change you can believe in.
Barack Hussein has not taken a single step in the right direction to address even one of these issues. Despite his promises, he has not delivered one single thing. $6 Trillion of added debt in less than four years....we are in a free fall, and Obama is pushing us faster downhill.
@BarackObama Some amazing news this morning: 1,825,813 people came together to raise $181 million for this campaign in September. pic.twitter.com/ubfkDRpY
Shame on Welch and all who listen to his vile comments. Suzanne. pascuzzo @_pascuzzo Hey Jack Welch! Want some real job data? In 2011 GE moved HQ out of 115-yr-old X-ray business from Wisconsin to Beijing, China. @thenation"
Paul Ryan proves himself just as inelegant as Mitt Romney http://huff.to/O3pKaV #wiunion WATCH: Ryan Claims '30 Percent Want Their Welfare State' WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, share a similarly dim view of a very large portion of Americans, according to previously unreported remarks by Ryan. Both believe that many... HuffPost Politics @HuffPostPol ·
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/10/04/958801/at-last-nights-debate-romney-told-27-myths-in-38-minutes/ This guy will say anything in order to try to get elected! We simply can't trust him! Learn more about these Romney lies at the Washington Post's Fact Checker Blog, MediaMatters.org and FactCheck.org.
Once again, the sources you cite are all known for their extreme liberal bias - especially ThinkProgress. Not that any of the so-called 'fact-checkers' have ever proven to be all that accurate, but most of the somewhat reputable ones seem to concur that both Obama and Romney equally misrepresented the full truth during the 90 minute debate, with Obama actually doing just a bit more 'lying' than Romney! Even then, much of the assertions of the so-called 'fact-checkers' are premised upon interpretations, assumptions, conjectures, projections, suppositions, etc as opposed to hard objective truth! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advisor/fact-check-presidential-debate-missteps-155346190.html Perpahs you need to learn how to research the primary sources for youself, peform your own analysis, and come to your own conclusions instead of being a lemming to the liberal media opinion makers! Don't believe the self-declared 'fact-checkers' - do your own research of the primary sources and come to your own conclusions!
How much of Obama's money is coming from overseas donors such as Hugo Chavez, Castro, and other prominent global socialists/communists? Funny you mention how GE moved the x-ray division out of Wisconsin and over to China under their current CEO, Jeffrey Immelt, who just so happes to be Obama's jobs czar, that he never seems to actually meet with by-the-way, except of course to laugh about how "shovel ready wasn't as shovel as we expected" - and Obama's policies did absolutely nothing to stop that from ocurring!!! Yep, a vote for Obama is a vote for conitnued offshoring! Romney = American jobs!!! ROMNEY/RYAN/THOMPSON/VOS 2012!!!
"Fit to be slaves, fit to be slaves!," he yelled at them. That is how I feel about the US Senate.
I sincerely hope that life doesn't teach you that same lesson, but it is very possible.