Here are the latest results from the Wisconsin poll by Wisconsin Policy Research Institute published on USAElectionPolls.com:
There were 600 voters polled on 8/3-4.
| Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Date: 8/3-4 Wisconsin Added: 8/7/08 |
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| Barack Obama | 44% |
| John McCain | 38% |
| Unsure | 18% |
Quote:
The two issues that voters felt personally were most important to them were the economy and creating jobs (24%), and dealing with the war in Iraq (12%). On these issues Senator Obama had large leads. On the economy, Obama led Senator McCain by a 62% to 20% margin. On dealing with the war in Iraq his lead was 66% to 22%. Another issue that was frequently mentioned was improving education, where Senator Obama’s lead was 73% to 10%.It goes without saying that one of the unspoken parts of the support in the state is the view of President Bush. In this survey, Wisconsin voters had a favorable opinion of Barack Obama by a 51% to 31% spread. For Senator McCain it was 46% favorable to 37% unfavorable. The last time we surveyed Senator McCain’s popularity was in August 2001 and at that time it was also 46% favorable but only 19% unfavorable.
Source: Current Polls, Electoral College Results
