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Wisconsin: Jim Doyle (Governor)

Job Approval Rating (General)
Job Approval Rating (Budget)
Favorability Rating
Political Ideology

Job Approval Rating (General)

Jim Doyle Job Approval Rating (General)

Poll	Date	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion	Sample	MoE
SurveyUSA¹	May 16-18, 2008	44%	51%	6%	600	± 4.1
Badger Poll³	April 15-24, 2008	55%	36%	8%	521	± 4.0
SurveyUSA¹	April 11-13, 2008	42%	53%	5%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	March 14-16, 2008	46%	50%	4%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	February 15-17, 2008	46%	50%	4%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	January 19-21, 2008	46%	49%	5%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	December 13-15, 2007	39%	55%	5%	600	± 4.1
Badger Poll³	November 27 – December 5, 2008	52%	41%	6%	507	± 4.0
SurveyUSA¹	November 9-11, 2007	43%	52%	6%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	October 12-14, 2007	41%	53%	5%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	September 14-16, 2007	43%	51%	6%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	August 10-12, 2007	44%	51%	6%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	July 13-15, 2007	44%	50%	7%	600	± 4.1
Badger Poll³	June 7-15, 2007	52%	41%	7%	502	± 4.0
SurveyUSA¹	June 8-10, 2007	41%	52%	7%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	May 11-13, 2007	46%	49%	5%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	April 13-15, 2007	48%	48%	5%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	March 9-11, 2007	45%	51%	4%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	February 9-11, 2007	47%	49%	4%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	January 12-14, 2007	48%	45%	7%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	December 8-10, 2006	49%	46%	5%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	November 8-11, 2006	55%	42%	4%	600	± 4.1
Rasmussen²	October 18, 2006	52%	47%	2%	500 LV	± 4.5
SurveyUSA¹	October 12-15, 2006	46%	49%	5%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	September 14-17, 2006	49%	46%	4%	600	± 4.1
Rasmussen²	September 14, 2006	50%	48%	2%	500 LV	± 4.5
SurveyUSA¹	August 11-13, 2006	48%	48%	4%	600	± 4.1
Rasmussen²	August 10, 2006	56%	41%	3%	500 LV	± 4.5
SurveyUSA¹	July 14-16, 2006	48%	45%	7%	600	± 4.1
Rasmussen²	July 12, 2006	52%	46%	2%	500 LV	± 4.5
SurveyUSA¹	June 9-11, 2006	45%	49%	6%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	May 12-14, 2006	47%	48%	5%	600	± 4.1
Rasmussen	April 28, 2006	52%	45%	3%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen²	April 20, 2006	52%	45%	2%	500 LV	± 4.5
SurveyUSA¹	April 7-9, 2006	52%	40%	8%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	March 10-12, 2006	44%	48%	8%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	February 10-12, 2006	45%	47%	8%	600	± 4.1
Rasmussen²	January 23, 2006	54%	44%	2%	500 LV	± 4.5
SurveyUSA¹	January 13-15, 2006	46%	45%	9%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	December 9-11, 2005	48%	44%	8%	600	± 4.1
Rasmussen²	December 8, 2005	56%	42%	3%	500 LV	± 4.5
SurveyUSA¹	November 11-13, 2005	45%	49%	6%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	October 14-16, 2005	46%	47%	7%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	September 16-18, 2005	46%	48%	6%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	August 12-14, 2005	47%	47%	7%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	July 8-10, 2005	43%	48%	9%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	June 10-12, 2005	46%	46%	8%	600	± 4.1
SurveyUSA¹	May 6-8, 2005	41%	49%	10%	600	± 4.1

1 "Do you approve or disapprove of the job Jim Doyle is doing as Governor?"

2 "How would you rate the job Jim Doyle has been doing as Governor ... do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he's been doing?"

3 "Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way Jim Doyle is handling his job as Governor of Wisconsin?"

Jim Doyle Job Approval Rating (General)

Poll	Date	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen⁴	June 5, 2008	12%	27%	32%	27%	1%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen⁴	May 5, 2008	7%	28%	33%	32%	1%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen⁴	March 26, 2008	9%	24%	33%	32%	2%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen⁴	February 21, 2008	8%	28%	32%	31%	1%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen⁴	December 10, 2007	7%	28%	32%	32%	1%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen⁴	October 3, 2007	9%	29%	29%	32%	1%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen⁴	August 15, 2007	10%	24%	36%	27%	3%	500 LV	± 4.5
Badger Poll²	June 7-15, 2007	8%	37%	29%	22%	7%	502	± 4.0
Badger Poll²	October 18-26, 2006	6%	37%	33%	21%	3%	508	± 4.0
WISC-TV / Research 2000¹	October 2-4, 2006	7%	41%	35%	7%	10%	600 LV	± 4.0
WISC-TV / Research 2000¹	September 5-7, 2006	8%	42%	32%	7%	11%	600 LV	± 4.0
WISC-TV / Research 2000¹	August 14-16, 2006	8%	40%	33%	7%	12%	600 LV	± 4.0
Badger Poll²	June 23 – July 2, 2006	6%	31%	36%	21%	6%	508	± 4.0
Badger Poll²	May 17-25, 2005	5%	35%	42%	12%	6%	509	± 4.0
Badger Poll²	March 8-16, 2005	5%	34%	41%	15%	5%	501	± 4.0
Badger Poll²	January 4-12, 2005	5%	41%	38%	11%	6%	503	± 4.0
Badger Poll²	October 23-27, 2004	6%	39%	38%	11%	6%	545 RV	± 4.0
Badger Poll²	October 21-28, 2003	5%	36%	39%	14%	6%	511	± 4.0
Badger Poll²	August 18-27, 2003	4%	30%	39%	16%	11%	511	± 4.0
Badger Poll²	May 13-21, 2003	4%	32%	42%	10%	12%	503	± 4.0
Badger Poll²	April 7-15, 2003	4%	33%	35%	10%	19%	509	± 4.0
Badger Poll²	March 4-12, 2003	7%	36%	31%	10%	16%	504	± 4.0
Badger Poll²	February 11-19, 2003	5%	34%	27%	5%	29%	504	± 4.0
Badger Poll³	January 7-15, 2003	10%	44%	31%	3%	11%	514	± 4.0

1 "How would you rate the performance of Jim Doyle as Governor; excellent, good, only fair, or poor?"

2 "How would you rate the job Jim Doyle is doing as Governor of Wisconsin? Excellent, good, fair or poor?"

3 "What kind of job do you think Jim Doyle will do as Governor? Excellent, good, fair or poor?"

4 "How do you rate the way that Jim Doyle is performing his roll as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?"

Jim Doyle Job Approval Rating (General)

Poll	Date	Satisfied	Unsatisfied	No opinion	Sample	MoE
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	March 25 – April 5, 2008	59%	37%	5%	400	± 5.0
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	October 30 – November 8, 2007	54%	44%	2%	401	± 5.0
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	April 3-17, 2007	60%	36%	4%	400	± 5.0
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	March 29 – April 7, 2006	57%	38%	5%	400	± 5.0
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	October 31 – November 11, 2005	64%	33%	3%	400	± 5.0
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	April 25 - May 4, 2005	62%	34%	4%	400	± 5.0
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	October 27 - November 6, 2003	65%	33%	3%	401	± 5.0
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	March 6-14, 2003	68%	24%	9%	401	± 4.9

1 "How satisfied are you with the way Governor Doyle is doing his job overall. Would you say you are very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied?"

Job Approval Rating (Budget)

Jim Doyle Job Approval Rating (Budget Deficit)

Poll	Date	Satisfied	Unsatisfied	No opinion	Sample	MoE
WPR / St. Norbert College¹	March 6-14, 2003	54%	31%	16%	401	± 4.9

1 "How satisfied are you with the Governor's budget plans to deal with the budget deficits? Would you say you are very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied?"

Favorability Rating

Jim Doyle Favorability Rating

Poll	Date	Favorable	Unfavorable	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Badger Poll⁵	June 8-10, 2008	57%	37%	6%	506 LV	± 4.0
WISC-TV / Research 2000³	October 30 – November 1, 2006	48%	42%	10%	600 LV	± 4.0
Badger Poll¹	October 18-26, 2006	51%	31%	17%	508	± 4.0
Rasmussen⁴	October 18, 2006	55%	42%	2%	500 LV	± 4.5
WISC-TV / Research 2000³	October 2-4, 2006	50%	40%	10%	600 LV	± 4.0
Rasmussen⁴	September 14, 2006	52%	47%	2%	500 LV	± 4.5
WISC-TV / Research 2000³	September 5-7, 2006	51%	37%	12%	600 LV	± 4.0
WISC-TV / Research 2000³	August 14-16, 2006	48%	36%	16%	600 LV	± 4.0
Rasmussen⁴	August 10, 2006	59%	37%	3%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen⁴	July 12, 2006	56%	41%	3%	500 LV	± 4.5
Badger Poll¹	June 23 – July 2, 2006	47%	30%	24%	508	± 4.0
WPRI²	June 18-19, 2006	44%	38%	17%	600	± 4.0
Rasmussen⁴	April 20, 2006	55%	43%	2%	500 LV	± 4.5
Rasmussen⁴	January 23, 2006	56%	41%	3%	500 LV	± 4.5
WPRI²	October 2-4, 2005	46%	38%	16%	600	± 4.0
WPRI²	September 22-26, 2004	46%	33%	21%	602	± 4.0
Badger Poll¹	October 21-28, 2003	37%	25%	38%	511	± 4.0
WPRI²	October 6-12, 2003	45%	32%	22%	1,000	± 3.0
Badger Poll¹	October 24-29, 2002	35%	34%	31%	501 LV	± 4.0
Badger Poll¹	September 17-26, 2002	37%	22%	41%	539 RV	± 4.0
Badger Poll¹	June 8-17, 2002	35%	15%	50%	524	± 4.0

1 "(For each of the following people, please tell me if you have a favorable impression of them, an unfavorable impression, or don't know enough to make up your mind) ... Jim Doyle."

2 "Please let me know if you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of ... Jim Doyle."

3 "Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Jim Doyle?"

4 "Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of Jim Doyle?"

5 "Now I would like to read you the names of several individuals who have been mentioned in the news recently. As I read each one, please tell me whether you have a very favorable opinion of that person, a somewhat favorable opinion, a somewhat unfavorable opinion, or a very unfavorable opinion of each. If you don't feel you can rate that person or don't recognize the name, just say so.) ... Jim Doyle."

Jim Doyle Favorability Rating

Poll	Date	Favorable	Unfavorable	Neutral	No opinion	Sample	MoE
WISC-TV / Research 2000¹	October 20-21, 2002	47%	30%	23%	0%	600 LV	± 4.0
WISC-TV / Research 2000¹	October 4-7, 2002	44%	27%	28%	1%	600 LV	± 4.0
WPR / St. Norbert College²	March 20 – April 7, 2002	36%	18%	23%	23%	407	± 5.0

1 "Do you have a favorable, unfavorable, or neutral opinion of Jim Doyle?"

2 "Please tell me whether you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Jim Doyle."

Political Ideology

Jim Doyle Political Ideology

Poll	Date	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen¹	September 14, 2006	7%	43%	43%	8%	500 LV	± 4.5

1 "For each of the following, please let me know if you believe that person is politically conservative, moderate, or liberal ... Jim Doyle."