Marquette University Law School Poll released a new statewide poll on Wednesday, March 5th. Below, please find a summary of the survey's results.

Quick Hits on the Poll

President Donald Trump Favorability -6%

Favorability 46% (Was 43% in October poll)
Unfavorability 52% (Was 57% in October poll)

President Donald Trump Job Approval -3%

Approve 48%
Disapprove 51%

Governor Tony Evers Favorability +/-0%

Favorability 47% (Was 49% in October poll)
Unfavorability 47% (Was 44% in October poll)
Haven’t heard enough 6%

Governor Tony Evers Job Approval +5%

49% Approve (Was 51% in October poll)
44% Disapprove (Was 45% in October poll)

Senator Tammy Baldwin Favorability -2%

Favorability 46% (Was 45% in October poll)
Unfavorability 48% (Was 50% in October poll)
Haven’t heard enough 6%

Senator Ron Johnson Favorability -6%

Favorability 40% (Was 41% in October poll)
Unfavorability 46% (Was 45% in October poll)
Haven’t heard enough 13%

Brad Schimel Favorability -3%

Favorability 29%
Unfavorability 32%
Haven’t heard enough 38%

Susan Crawford Favorability -4%

Favorability 19%
Unfavorability 23%
Haven’t heard enough 57%

Jill Underly Favorability -4%

Favorability 16%
Unfavorability 20%
Haven’t heard enough 61%

Brittany Kinser Favorability +3%

Favorability 16%
Unfavorability 13%
Haven’t heard enough 69%

Background on the survey

Marquette University Law School released a March poll this Wednesday. Below, please find the methodology of the poll as released by the Law School in their press release:

About the Marquette Law School Poll

The poll interviewed 864 registered Wisconsin voters between February 19-26, 2025. The margin of error is +/- 4.6 percentage points for the full sample.

The partisan makeup of the sample is 36% Republican, 32% Democratic and 32% independent. The interviews were conducted online with 740 respondents and with 124by telephone using live interviewers.

Complete results can be found here:

National Politics

President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump Job Approval -3%

Approve 48%
Disapprove 51%

President Donald Trump Favorability -6%

Favorability 46% (Was 43% in October poll)
Unfavorability 52% (Was 57% in October poll)

The MU Law School Poll found that 48% of registered voters approve of the way President Donald Trump is handling his job as president, and 51% disapprove of the way he is handling his job, a net -3% in job approval.

President Trump is viewed favorability by 46% of registered voters having a favorable opinion of him and 52% having an unfavorable opinion of him, a net -6% favorability. His net favorability is 8 points better than the October poll, which found that 43% of registered voters had a favorable opinion of the President and 57% had an unfavorable opinion, a net -14% favorability.

Among voters who identified as Democrats, President Trump is viewed favorably by 1% and unfavorably by 99%. Independents were 34% favorable and 62% unfavorable, while Republicans were 90% favorable and 8% unfavorable.

Senator Tammy Baldwin

Senator Tammy Baldwin Favorability -2%

Favorability 46% (Was 45% in October poll)
Unfavorability 48% (Was 50% in October poll)
Haven’t heard enough 6%

46% of registered voters have a favorable opinion of Democratic US Senator Tammy Baldwin and 48% have an unfavorable opinion of her. Sen. Baldwin’s net favorability increased between the October poll and March polls by 3 percentage-points.

About 89% of Democrats said they had a favorable opinion of Sen. Baldwin, compared to 38% of Independents and 8% of Republicans.

About 6% of Democrats said they had an unfavorable opinion of Sen. Baldwin, compared to 50% of Independents and 87% of Republicans.

Senator Ron Johnson

Senator Ron Johnson Favorability -6%

Favorability 40% (Was 41% in October poll)
Unfavorability 46% (Was 45% in October poll)
Haven’t heard enough 13%

40% of registered voters have a favorable opinion of Republican US Senator Ron Johnson and 46% have an unfavorable opinion of him.

About 77% of Republicans said they had a favorable opinion of Sen. Johnson, compared to 28% of Independents and 3% of Democrats.

About 10% of Republicans had an unfavorable opinion of Sen. Johnson, compared to 53% of Independents and 84% of Democrats.

State Politics

Governor Tony Evers

Governor Tony Evers Favorability +/-0%

Favorability 47% (Was 49% in October poll)
Unfavorability 47% (Was 44% in October poll)
Haven’t heard enough 6%

Governor Tony Evers Job Approval +5%

49% Approve (Was 51% in October poll)
44% Disapprove (Was 45% in October poll)

47% of registered voters have a favorable opinion of Governor Evers and 47% have an unfavorable opinion of him. Evers’ net favorability decreased 5 percentage-points between the poll earlier this month and now, going from +5% to +0%.

88% of Democrats and leaning Democrats said they had a favorable opinion of Evers, compared to 41% of independents and 10% of Republicans and leaning Republicans.

85% of Republicans and leaning Republicans said they had an unfavorable opinion of Evers, compared to 44% of independents and 5% of Democrats and leaning Democrats.

Governor Tony Evers’ job approval has increased with 49% of registered voters saying they approve of the job Governor Evers is doing and 44% saying they disapprove (+5% net approval). This is down from the October survey when 51% said they approved and 45% disapproved of the job Gov. Evers was doing (a net +6% approval).

86% of Democrats and leaning Democrats said they approved of Evers, compared to 44% of Independents and 17% of Republicans and leaning Republicans.

79% of Republicans and leaning Republicans said they disapproved of Evers, compared to 37% of Independents and 8% of Democrats and leaning Democrats.

2025 Elections

State Supreme Court Election

Brad Schimel Favorability -3%

Favorability 29%
Unfavorability 32%
Haven’t heard enough 38%

Susan Crawford Favorability -4%

Favorability 19%
Unfavorability 23%
Haven’t heard enough 57%

State Superintendent

Jill Underly Favorability -4%

Favorability 16%
Unfavorability 20%
Haven’t heard enough 61%

Brittany Kinser Favorability +3%

Favorability 16%
Unfavorability 13%
Haven’t heard enough 69%

State Issues

Right Direction-Wrong Track:

When asked “do you feel things in Wisconsin are generally going in the right direction, or do you feel things have gotten off on the wrong track?” 39% of registered voters said Wisconsin is going in the “right direction” and 58% said it is on the “wrong track.”

Views largely broke down along partisan lines:

Republican: 28% right direction | 69% wrong track
Democrat: 36% right direction | 64% wrong track
Independent: 53% right direction | 45% wrong track

In the poll from October 2024, 44% said that Wisconsin was going in the right direction and 55% said it was on the wrong track. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 61% said it was going in the right direction and 30% said it was on the wrong track.

National Issues

State of Nation’s Economy:

Respondents were asked "How would you describe the state of the nation’s economy these days?” 29% of registered voters described the nation’s economy as “excellent” or “good” while 71% described it as “not so good” or “poor.” In October 2024, 39% said the nation’s economy was excellent or good and 62% said it was not so good or poor.

Political affiliation had a significant impact on a respondent’s view of the nation’s economy with Republicans having a more pessimistic view compared to Democrats:

Excellent: 2% (GOP: 3% | Independents: 0% | Dems: 1%)

Good: 27% (GOP: 29% | Independents: 33% | Dems: 23%)

Not so good: 55% (GOP: 57% | Independents: 45% | Dems: 56%)

Poor: 16% (GOP: 10% | Independents: 22% | Dems: 20%)

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