MADISON, Wis. — New polling of voters in five key Wisconsin state legislative districts shows deep disapproval of the MAGA agenda and Donald Trump, and that voters are ready to demonstrate their dissatisfaction at the ballot box in November. The latest Wisconsin specific findings mirror MAGA’s rapidly plummeting approval nationwide and follow trends in elections in other states.
The polls, which covered Wisconsin voters in four State Assembly districts and one State Senate district all currently represented by Republicans, found nearly universal dissatisfaction with the legislative Republican majority’s performance, or lack thereof, in addressing rising costs at a time when more than half of Americans say their finances are ‘worsening.’
“Clearly Wisconsinites have had enough of the out-of-touch GOP agenda and are energized to hold these MAGA politicians accountable for leaving working families behind,” said A Better Wisconsin Together Deputy Director Mike Browne.
The sentiment that the legislature has not done enough ranged between 65 and 78 percent across the five districts in which surveys were conducted. Donald Trump’s ratings were also dismal, with his unfavorables outpacing his favorables by double digits in all districts, including by 22 points in the 53rd Assembly District and 19 points in the 88th Assembly District.
Browne noted that the poll results were also especially ominous for incumbent Republicans Rep. Benjamin Franklin (R-De Pere), Rep. Clint Moses (R-Menomonie), and Sen. Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green), with voters preferring a generic Democrat over them in all cases.
A generic Democrat has a +8 lead in Marklein’s district, a +6 lead in Franklin’s district, and a +5 lead in Moses’ district.
“All of these Republican lawmakers have a long record of pushing the same MAGA extremism that voters find so unsatisfactory in Trump,” said Browne. “And instead of listening to their constituents, they’ve sided with their party bosses to curry their favor and get their campaign cash.”
A memo on the poll results and individual poll toplines for Assembly District 53, Assembly District 82, Assembly District 88, Assembly District 92, and Senate District 17 can be found here.
Results from the previous round of state legislative polls sponsored by A Better Wisconsin Together can be found here.
