WI-Gov: Doyle leads Walker and Green.

[Moooooo]

Wisconsin Policy Research Insitute:

Doyle:  50%
Walker:  31%
Undecided:  19%

Doyle:  46%
Green:  33%
Undecided:  21%

Poll also noted that Thommy Thompson and Herb Kohl are the most popular politicians in the state.

[TheresNoMoney]

This is an important race for Democrats.

[MasterJedi]

My teacher mentioned this and I'll say here what I said to her here: polls don't matter now, they'll change.

Walker has the best chance to beat Doyle because Doyle needs heavy returns in this area to win the state. (Milwaukee area and suburbs so Southeastern Wisconsin) Walker won re-election as Milwaukee County Executive IIRC with 53%, enough to turn this area and the election to him if he wins the Republican nomination.

[TheresNoMoney]

Didn't Walker run for governor in the past?

[MissCatholic]

My teacher mentioned this and I'll say here what I said to her here: polls don't matter now, they'll change.

Walker has the best chance to beat Doyle because Doyle needs heavy returns in this area to win the state. (Milwaukee area and suburbs so Southeastern Wisconsin) Walker won re-election as Milwaukee County Executive IIRC with 53%, enough to turn this area and the election to him if he wins the Republican nomination.

Republicans need to focus on rural Wisconsin. I was there in the last few weeks of the 2004 campaign and thats where the democrats won the state.

Dane is the real hotbed for the democrats. Milwaukee just keeps the party ahead. The democrats arent stupid and they will continue to campaign in places like Racine, Winnebago and Outagamie and they will fall democrats way eventualy.

But Doyle is going to win this thing. no problem.

[The Dowager Mod]

Green and Walker are both second tier candidates.
Thompson or Neumann could make it more interesting.

[TheresNoMoney]

Poll also noted that Thommy Thompson and Herb Kohl are the most popular politicians in the state.

Actually, according to the current poll, Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold are the two most popular politicians in the state. Russ is ahead of Thompson by a couple points.

[MasterJedi]

1. Did Walker run for Governor in the past?  I'm pretty sure he didn't.

2. Thompson could take Doyle out in his sleep, there would really be no contest there.

[Sarnstrom]

I think the final results will be very similar to the 2004 Senate results, Doyle will win with somewhere between 53% and 56%

[nini2287]

I actually thought this race would be a bit closer, on similar levels to the PA Governor's Race.  Anyway, I think Doyle will win by around 8 points.

[Sarnstrom]

A poll released today by the Walker campaign has Walker leading Green 46-33% in the GOP primary.

http://www.wispolitics.com/1006/TGMemo10.13.05.pdf

[socaldem]

My teacher mentioned this and I'll say here what I said to her here: polls don't matter now, they'll change.

Walker has the best chance to beat Doyle because Doyle needs heavy returns in this area to win the state. (Milwaukee area and suburbs so Southeastern Wisconsin) Walker won re-election as Milwaukee County Executive IIRC with 53%, enough to turn this area and the election to him if he wins the Republican nomination.

But would Walker have a harder time reaching out to rural voters in the North Country than Green?  Would Doyle be able to pick up healthy margins in Western counties and maybe even win in Green's base?

[MasterJedi]

My teacher mentioned this and I'll say here what I said to her here: polls don't matter now, they'll change.

Walker has the best chance to beat Doyle because Doyle needs heavy returns in this area to win the state. (Milwaukee area and suburbs so Southeastern Wisconsin) Walker won re-election as Milwaukee County Executive IIRC with 53%, enough to turn this area and the election to him if he wins the Republican nomination.

But would Walker have a harder time reaching out to rural voters in the North Country than Green?  Would Doyle be able to pick up healthy margins in Western counties and maybe even win in Green's base?

You can never tell until the actual voting begins in WI. Like I said Doyle needs to win heavy around Madison (he'll get this) and Milwaukee (if Walker gets the nom. he won't but if Green gets it he will).

Last polls 41% of the people think Doyle deserves to be re-elected and 47% think he doesn't deserve it. What confused that though is that he has a 55% Approval rating now. It will all come down to turnout next year.