(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s governor is less popular as more voters say the state is heading in the wrong direction.
The latest Marquette Law School Poll shows Gov. Tony Evers’ job approval fell in September.
“Evers’ job approval has been over 50% all year, but he dipped under this time,” MU chief pollster Charles Franklin explained. “This is the first time in a year that he’s been below 50%, Though still more approve than disapprove, by a point or two, but there’s been just this little bit of movement in this last month. Notice that it also parallels the change in the [answer to] the state is headed in the wrong direction, or on the wrong track.”
Evers’ approval rating in the new Marquette Poll is at 48%. His disapproval rating is 46%. The governor had a 51% approval rating in Marquette’s polls over the summer.
The wrong direction/on the wrong track numbers ticked up last month as 44% of voters who were asked said Wisconsin is headed in the right direction, while 56% of voters said Wisconsin is on the wrong track.