According to a recent survey by the Marquette University Law School, Wisconsin voters are still more worried about rising costs and inflation than any other subject as the midterm elections approach. This is an indication that Democrats may struggle to win in this crucial swing state in November, Newsweek reported.
The poll, which was taken on June 14 and released on August 17, compared respondents’ views to the group’s most recent poll. The growing cost of products continued to be the top concern for voters generally across party lines, despite the fact that the topic of inflation declined by 8 percentage points, from 75% to 67%.
Given that Republicans are often more trusted by voters to combat inflation, the results might indicate difficulties for Wisconsin Democrats this fall. Only one in three people, including independent voters, have confidence in Congressional Democrats to control inflation, according to a Morning Consultant survey done in March before of the primary elections.
One of the crucial states the Democrats must win in November is Wisconsin if they are to keep control of the Senate. Democrat Mandela Barnes, the current lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, and Republican Senator Ron Johnson are now tied for the state’s vacant Senate seat, according to the polling organization FiveThirtyEight. According to a Marquette Law School survey from August, Barnes was in the lead by seven percentage points.
Following (in order) inflation, crime, an accurate count of votes, public schools, and gun violence—the majority of which have recently been winning issues for Republicans—abortion policy, still in the national spotlight since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, ranked an unexpected sixth in importance to Wisconsin voters.
The study indicated that Wisconsin voters’ opinions on abortion policy had only marginally changed since Marquette Law’s previous polling, with 27% of respondents in June and 30% of respondents in August agreeing that abortion should be permitted in all circumstances.
The most recent survey, however, also revealed that 60% of participants disagree with the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson that nullified Roe v. Wade. Following the decision, doctors in Wisconsin stopped performing any abortions.
This brought about the 173-year-old Wisconsin law that nearly completely outlaws the procedure and “makes providing an abortion in almost all cases a Class H felony, punishable by up to six years in prison and a $10,000 fine,” according to madison365.com. Doctors who are found guilty of a felony face losing their medical licenses.
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