Daily Bread, Politics, Poll, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 4.22.24: Pollster Charles Franklin Discusses 2024 Candidates & Issues

by JOHN ADAMS • 04/22/2024 • Comments

Good morning.

Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 64. Sunrise is 5:59 and sunset 7:46 for 13h 46m 43s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 98.1 percent of its visible disk illuminated.

The Whitewater School Board goes into closed session shortly after 5:30 PM and returns to open session at 7 PM.

On this day in 1977, optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.

Charles Franklin discusses voter views of Wisconsin issues & candidates:

AI and robotics demystify the workings of a fly’s wing:

Daily Bread, Gableman, Gubernatorial Race 2022, Michels, Poll, Tony Evers, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 8.20.22: Trumpist Michels Quickly Starts Whining About Polls

by JOHN ADAMS • 08/20/2022 • Comments

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will see afternoon thundershowers with a high of 74. Sunrise is 6:07 AM and sunset 7:48 PM for 13h 40m 44s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 36.8% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1968, Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German…

America, Politics, Poll, Trump

Trump’s Undersized Base

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/09/2020 • Comments

Polling from Morning Consult illustrates well the limitations of Trump’s base-only strategy: his support (base and supportive voters) represents less than needed for re-election. That support is, in fact, notably consistent in its inadequacy: Over many months, including before the brunt of the pandemic, Trump has been stuck in a weak position. This does not…

America, Congress, Elections, Federal Government, Foreign Affairs, Impeachment, Poll, Presidential race 2020, Sen. Ron Johnson, Trump, Wisconsin

Sure enough…

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/04/2019 • 5 Comments

Ron Johnson really is America’s Dumbest Senator™: MIDDLETON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Thursday there’s nothing improper about President Donald Trump’s call on Chinese officials to investigate his top political rival in his 2020 re-election bid. Trump extended the invitation Thursday to the foreign country as he faces impeachment over a similar request of the president of…

Economics, Economy, Poll, Taxes/Taxation, Trade, Trump

Americans’ Support for Free Trade Reaches New High

by JOHN ADAMS • 08/19/2019 • Comments

A strong majority supports free trade and rejects Trump’s anti-market trade wars and tariffs. Mark Murray reports that Amid President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, nearly two-thirds of Americans say they support free trade with foreign countries, according to the latest national poll from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal. That represents a…

Libertarians, Liberty, Never Trump, Politics, Poll, Trump, Wisconsin

Trump-Busting Issues for Wisconsin

by JOHN ADAMS • 08/01/2019 • Comments

Writing at Urban Milwaukee, Bruce Thompson looks at popular national issues to use against Trump, matches them against Wisconsin-specific polling, and offers How Democrats Can Beat Trump [in Wisconsin]. Many of the most popular poll issues are not libertarian ones, it’s almost unnecessary to say. They’re issues that have national and statewide support, and so…

Poll, Trump

Fox News Breaks the Bad News to Cocooned Trumpists

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/17/2019 • Comments

Via Fox News Poll: Democrats want a steady leader, Biden leads Trump by 10 points.

Politics, Poll, Press, Trump

Trump Asks, Pollster Answers

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/17/2019 • Comments

PublicPolicyPolling on Twitter We have polled on whether people think the New York Times or Washington Post have more credibility or you, and you lose out 51-38 and 49-38 to them respectively https://t.co/0tKqpOO6vs

Poll, Trump, Wisconsin

Trump: Net Negative in Wisconsin

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/17/2019 • Comments

Via Morning Consult.

Elections, Gov. Walker, Poll, Sen. Baldwin, Tony Evers, Wisconsin

A Poll, with Months Ahead

by JOHN ADAMS • 08/28/2018 • Comments

Walker trails Evers 44% to 46% in the new Suffolk poll, a difference well within the margin of error. The latest survey is consistent with the findings of other pollsters on the two-term governor in at least two respects. First, the Republican Walker is in greater danger of losing his job right now than the…

America, Poll, Trump

Rural America Turns Against Trump

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/13/2017 • Comments

One often reads that it’s rural America that elected – and will always stand by – Donald Trump. In fact, Trump’s support in rural communities is in decline. Chris Kahn and Tim Reid report Trump’s popularity is slipping in rural America: According to the Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll, the Republican president’s popularity is eroding in…

Politics, Poll, Wisconsin

Marquette Law Poll, March 2017 (First Marquette Poll Since 2016 Election)

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/22/2017 • Comments

Selected results below, from among Wisconsin registered voters; full results are available online. Trump Approval New Marquette Law School Poll puts approval among registered voters in WI of how President Trump is doing his job at 41%. #mulawpoll — MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) March 22, 2017 Trump Disappproval 47% disapprove of Trump job performance, 11% don’t express…

Poll, Sports

Friday Poll: After Baseball

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/04/2016 • 3 Comments

<a href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/9570650/”>After Baseball</a> Baseball’s over, and when it ended in Cleveland on Wednesday night winter truly began. What sports, if any, will hold your attention now?

Elections, Poll, Presidential race 2016

Marquette Law Poll Results (Final 2016 Election Edition)

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/03/2016 • Comments

The final 2016 Marquette Law School poll results are out, and here key findings from the 10.26.16 to 10.31.16 poll (the full results are available online). Clinton-Trump, Among LV: New Marquette Law School Poll finds Clinton leading Trump among likely voters in WI 46% to 40%. #mulawpoll — MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) November 2, 2016 Johnson-Stein, Among…