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Wisconsin: Supreme Court

Supreme Court Ideology
Supreme Court Justice Preference
Wisconsin Supreme Court Elections

Supreme Court Ideology

Desired Supreme Court Ideology

Poll	Date	More liberal	More conservative	About the same	Mixed (vol.)	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Badger Poll¹	January 4-12, 2005	27%	30%	37%	1%	5%	503	± 4.0

1 "And would you personally like to see the Supreme Court more liberal than it has been, more conservative, or leave it about the same?"

Predicted Supreme Court Ideology

Poll	Date	More liberal	More conservative	About the same	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Badger Poll¹	January 4-12, 2005	6%	47%	42%	6%	503	± 4.0

1 "Bush will probably make one or more appointments to the Supreme Court. Do you think his appointments will make the Court more liberal than it has been, more conservative, or leave it about the same?"

Supreme Court Justice Preference

Poll	Date	Brilliant but unknown views	Average but share views	No opinion	Sample	MoE
SurveyUSA¹	July 8-10, 2005	29%	65%	6%	600	± 3.9

1 "Thinking about the United States Supreme Court ... If you had to choose, would you prefer a justice who is brilliant, but whose views are not well known to you? Or, would you prefer a justice of average intelligence who shares your personal views?"

Wisconsin Supreme Court Elections

View of Wisconsin Supreme Court Elections

View¹	March 25 – April 5, 2008
Wisconsin State Supreme Court elections should be abolished. The Governor should appoint justices with approval of the State Senate.	17%
Keep Wisconsin Supreme Court elections but publicly fund them. Candidates would not be allowed to raise money from interest groups.	30%
Wisconsin State Supreme Court elections should be more restricted in fundraising and spending than they currently are, but not publicly financed.	27%
Wisconsin State Supreme Court elections should be run the same as they currently are.	18%
No opinion	8%
Poll	WPR / St. Norbert College
Sample	400
MoE	± 5.0

1 "Which of the following most closely matches your own view about Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions?"

View of Interest Group Ads During Supreme Court Campaigns

Poll	Date	Distort the race	Give important information	No opinion	Sample	MoE
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	March 25 – April 5, 2008	61%	27%	11%	400	± 5.0

1 "Which view about interest groups running ads during Wisconsin Supreme Court campaigns most closely matches your own?...Interest group ads distort the race from the candidates' own ads OR Interest group ads give important information to voters?"