Marquette University Law School Poll released a new statewide poll on Wednesday, June 25th. Below, please find a summary of the survey's results.

Quick Hits on the Poll

President Donald Trump Favorability -8%

Favorability 45% (Was 46% in March poll)
Unfavorability 53% (Was 52% in March poll)

President Donald Trump Job Approval -5%

Approve 47% (Was 48% in March poll)
Disapprove 52% (Was 51% in March poll)

Governor Tony Evers Favorability -2%

Favorability 45% (Was 47% in March poll)
Unfavorability 47% (Was 47% in March poll)
Haven’t heard enough 8%

Governor Tony Evers Job Approval +2%

48% Approve (Was 49% in March poll)
46% Disapprove (Was 44% in March poll)

Senator Tammy Baldwin Favorability -3%

Favorability 44% (Was 46% in March poll)
Unfavorability 47% (Was 48% in March poll)
Haven’t heard enough 8%

Senator Ron Johnson Favorability -4%

Favorability 40% (Was 40% in March poll)
Unfavorability 44% (Was 46% in March poll)
Haven’t heard enough 15%

Legislature Job Approval -9%

Approve 41%
Disapprove 50%

State Supreme Court Job Approval +11%

Approve 49%
Disapprove 38%

Background on the survey

Marquette University Law School released a June 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 873 registered Wisconsin voters between June 13-19, 2025. The margin of error is +/- 4.7 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 746 respondents and with 127 by telephone using live interviewers.

Complete results can be found here:

National Politics

President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump Job Approval -5%

Approve 47% (Was 48% in March poll)
Disapprove 52% (Was 51% in March poll)

President Donald Trump Favorability -8%

Favorability 45% (Was 46% in March poll)
Unfavorability 53% (Was 52% in March poll)

The MU Law School Poll found that 47% of registered voters approve of the way President Donald Trump is handling his job as president, and 52% disapprove of the way he is handling his job, a net -5% in job approval.

President Trump is viewed favorability by 45% of registered voters having a favorable opinion of him and 53% having an unfavorable opinion of him, a net -8% favorability. His net favorability is 2 points worse than the March poll, which found that 46% of registered voters had a favorable opinion of the President and 52% had an unfavorable opinion, a net -6% favorability.

Among voters who identified as Democrats, President Trump is viewed favorably by 1% and unfavorably by 99%. Independents were 35% favorable and 62% unfavorable, while Republicans were 88% favorable and 9% unfavorable.

Senator Tammy Baldwin

Senator Tammy Baldwin Favorability -3%

Favorability 44% (Was 46% in March poll)
Unfavorability 47% (Was 48% in March poll)
Haven’t heard enough 8%

44% of registered voters have a favorable opinion of Democratic US Senator Tammy Baldwin and 47% have an unfavorable opinion of her. Sen. Baldwin’s net favorability decreased between the October poll and March polls by one percentage-point.

About 89% of Democrats said they had a favorable opinion of Sen. Baldwin, compared to 31% of Independents and 7% of Republicans.

About 4% of Democrats said they had an unfavorable opinion of Sen. Baldwin, compared to 57% of Independents and 84% of Republicans.

Senator Ron Johnson

Senator Ron Johnson Favorability -4%

Favorability 40% (Was 40% in March poll)
Unfavorability 44% (Was 46% in March poll)
Haven’t heard enough 15%

40% of registered voters have a favorable opinion of Republican US Senator Ron Johnson and 44% have an unfavorable opinion of him.

About 75% of Republicans said they had a favorable opinion of Sen. Johnson, compared to 39% of Independents and 1% of Democrats.

About 11% of Republicans had an unfavorable opinion of Sen. Johnson, compared to 33% of Independents and 85% of Democrats.

State Politics

Governor Tony Evers

Governor Tony Evers Favorability -2%

Favorability 45% (Was 47% in March poll)
Unfavorability 47% (Was 47% in March poll)
Haven’t heard enough 8%

Governor Tony Evers Job Approval +2%

48% Approve (Was 49% in March poll)
46% Disapprove (Was 44% in March poll)

Whether Governor Tony Evers Should Seek Third Term -13%

42% Yes
55% No

45% of registered voters have a favorable opinion of Governor Evers and 47% have an unfavorable opinion of him. Evers’ net favorability decreased 2 percentage-points between March and now, going from +0% to -2%.

89% of Democrats and leaning Democrats said they had a favorable opinion of Evers, compared to 39% of independents and 7% of Republicans and leaning Republicans.

83% of Republicans and leaning Republicans said they had an unfavorable opinion of Evers, compared to 49% of independents and 5% of Democrats and leaning Democrats.

Governor Tony Evers’ job approval has decreased with 48% of registered voters saying they approve of the job Governor Evers is doing and 46% saying they disapprove (+2% net approval). This is down from the March survey when 49% said they approved and 44% disapproved of the job Gov. Evers was doing (a net +5% approval).

91% of Democrats and leaning Democrats said they approved of Evers, compared to 43% of Independents and 11% of Republicans and leaning Republicans.

86% of Republicans and leaning Republicans said they disapproved of Evers, compared to 45% of Independents and 4% of Democrats and leaning Democrats.

When asked whether Governor Evers should seek a third term, 42% of respondents said “yes” while 55% said “no.” (-13% net support for a third term).

83% of Democrats and leaning Democrats said Evers should seek a third term, compared to 37% of Independents and 7% of Republicans and leaning Republicans.

93% of Republicans and leaning Republicans said Evers should not seek a third term, compared to 50% of Independents and 15% of Democrats and leaning Democrats.

When a similar question was posed in January 2016 as to whether then-Governor Scott Walker should seek a third term, 36% of respondents said “yes” and 61% said “no.” In that survey 29% of Republicans and leaning Republicans said Walker should not seek a third term compared to 2025 when 15% of Democrats said Evers should not seek a third term.

The Legislature

Legislature Job Approval -9%

Approve 41%
Disapprove 50%

41% of registered voters have a favorable opinion of the state Legislature and 50% have an unfavorable opinion of it. The Legislature’s net favorability is -9%.

The State Supreme Court

State Supreme Court Job Approval +11%

Approve 49%
Disapprove 38%

49% of registered voters approve of the job the State Supreme Court is doing and 38% disapprove (+11% net approval).

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?” 43% of registered voters said Wisconsin is going in the “right direction” and 55% said it is on the “wrong track.”

Views largely broke down along partisan lines:

Republican: 21% right direction | 77% wrong track
Democrat: 65% right direction | 34% wrong track
Independent: 46% right direction | 52% wrong track

In the poll from March 2025, 39% said that Wisconsin was going in the right direction and 58% 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.

Budget Surplus:

Respondents were asked “Wisconsin currently has about a $4 billion dollar budget surplus. How much of that, if any, would you like to see given back to taxpayers through a tax cut?” 65% of registered voters said at least half of the surplus should go to tax cuts while 35% of registered voters said no more than a quarter of the surplus should go to tax cuts.

Republicans and Independents favored using a larger portion of the surplus for tax cuts compared to Democratic respondents.

75%-100% used: 36% (GOP: 56% | Independents: 38% | Dems: 13%)

About half used: 29% (GOP: 26% | Independents: 32% | Dems: 32%)

0%-25% used: 35% (GOP: 17% | Independents: 28% | Dems: 55%)

Partial Veto:

When asked “Wisconsin governors have long had the power to cast a partial veto of budget legislation. This allows them to strike out individual words or sentences, in some cases significantly changing the effect of the legislation. Do you think this is an appropriate power for governors to have, or does it give too much power to governors to change the intent of the legislature?” 54% of registered voters said the partial veto “gives too much power” to the governor and 32% said it gives “appropriate power.”

Views largely broke down along partisan lines:

Republican: 9% appropriate power | 83% too much power
Democrat: 61% appropriate power | 22% too much power
Independent: 22% appropriate power | 55% too much power

SCOWIS nonpartisan elections:

Respondents were asked "Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates do not currently appear on ballots as nominees of political parties. Which comes closest to your view, even if neither is exactly right?” 58% of registered voters said “Wisconsin Supreme Court campaigns have become so partisan that we may as well have candidates run as nominees” while 42% said “It would be better to continue to have Wisconsin Supreme Court election ballots not indicate a political party.”

Majorities of Republicans and Independents support partisan elections for State Supreme Court while Democrats were more likely to say they wanted State Supreme Court elections to remain nonpartisan.

Republican: 73% partisan SCOWIS elections | 26% nonpartisan SCOWIS elections
Democrat: 41% partisan SCOWIS elections | 58% nonpartisan SCOWIS elections
Independent: 54% partisan SCOWIS elections | 46% nonpartisan SCOWIS elections

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