Onetime presidential hopeful Scott Walker down 10 points in new Wisconsin poll [View all]

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Leading conservatives anointed Walker the GOP frontrunner in 2016. Maybe that was the beginning of the end

IGOR DERYSH, SALON - COMMENTARY 13 OCT 2018 AT 11:37 ET

Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin was the rising star of the Republican Party and believed to be destined for the White House just four years ago. Instead, he may be forced into an early retirement from politics.

An NBC News/Marist poll released Thursday shows Walker down a whopping 10 points against his Democratic challenger, state schools superintendent Tony Evers. Evers leads by 53 to 43 percent among likely voters, the survey reported.

Fifty-four percent of respondents said they had a negative view of Walker as governor, even more than the 50 percent who said they disapproved of the job President Donald Trump is doing.


Two earlier polls released in September also showed Evers up by 4 to 7 points, though a Marquette Law School poll muddled the picture this week after showing Walker with a narrow one-point lead, 47 to 46 percent.

All of the polls show a big lead for incumbent Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who is also on the ballot this November. Democrats have looked strong in district-wide elections in the Badger State since Trump took office.

https://www.salon.com/2018/10/12/onetime-presidential-hopeful-scott-walker-down-10-points-in-new-wisconsin-poll/