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Wisconsin: Direction of Wisconsin

Direction of Wisconsin
Rating of Wisconsin As Place to Live and Work

Direction of Wisconsin

Poll	Date	Satisfied	Dissatisfied	Neither	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Badger Poll¹	April 15-24, 2008	54%	41%	4%	1%	521	± 4.0
Badger Poll¹	November 27 – December 5, 2008	48%	45%	6%	0%	507	± 4.0
Badger Poll¹	June 7-15, 2007	60%	37%	2%	1%	502	± 4.0
Badger Poll¹	October 18-26, 2006	51%	41%	5%	3%	508	± 4.0

1 "In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in Wisconsin today?"

Direction of Wisconsin

Poll	Date	Right Direction	Wrong Direction	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Badger Poll²	June 8-10, 2008	44%	51%	5%	506 LV	± 4.0
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	April 14-21, 2004	55%	35%	10%	402	± 5.0
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	October 27 – November 6, 2003	51%	43%	6%	401	± 5.0
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	March 6-14, 2003	52%	38%	10%	401	± 4.9

1 "Generally speaking, would you say that things in the State of Wisconsin are going in the right direction, or are they going in the wrong direction?"

2 "Thinking about things here in the state of Wisconsin, do you think things in Wisconsin are generally going in the right direction, or do you feel things have gotten off on the wrong track?"

Rating of Wisconsin As Place to Live and Work

Poll	Date	Better than most + one of the best	Average	Worse than most + one of the worst	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Badger Poll¹	June 7-15, 2007	54%	39%	5%	2%	502	± 4.0
Badger Poll¹	October 18-26, 2006	54%	37%	9%	1%	508	± 4.0
Badger Poll¹	June 23 – July 2, 2006	58%	36%	5%	1%	508	± 4.0
Badger Poll¹	May 17-25, 2005	52%	41%	5%	2%	509	± 4.0

1 "Compared to other places to live and work in this country, would you say Wisconsin is one of the very best, better than most, about average, worse than most, or one of the very worst places to live and work?"