Poll: 59 pct disapprove of Wis. gov’s performance

A majority of Wisconsin residents disapprove of Republican Gov. Scott Walker?s performance and are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the state, according to a new poll released Wednesday. The University of Wisconsin Survey Center?s Badger Poll found that 59 percent of residents disapprove of the performance of Walker, who took office in January and wasted no time pushing divisive legislation through the Republican-controlled Legislature, including a law that stripped most public employees of their collective bargaining rights. Quoted: Katherine Cramer Walsh, a political science professor at UW-Madison who helped with the poll.