Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Wisconsin 2012 Senatorial Survey

Rasmussen (R) Wisconsin 2012 Senate Poll

• Tammy Baldwin (D) 45% [42%]
  
• Eric Hovde (R) 42% [44%]
• Some other candidate 5% [4%]
• Not sure 8% [10%]

• Tammy Baldwin (D) 48% [43%] (42%) {48%} [37%] (44%)
  
• Mark Neumann (R) 42% [45%] (44%) {40%} [46%] (43%)
• Some other candidate 3% [5%] (4%) {4%} [4%] (4%)
• Not sure 8% [7%] (9%) {8%} [13%] (9%)

• Tammy Baldwin (D) 48% [36%] (38%) {44%} [36%] (42%)
• Tommy Thompson (R) 41% [52%] (50%) {48%} [50%] (49%)
• Some other candidate 5% [6%] (5%) {4%} [4%] (4%)
• Not sure 6% [6%] (7%) {4%} [10%] (6%)

• Tammy Baldwin (D) 47% [44%] (45%) {48%} [40%] (46%)
• Jeff Fitzgerald (R) 37% [43%] (41%) {40%} [41%] (39%)
• Some other candidate 6% [5%] (4%) {4%} [4%] (5%)
• Not sure 10% [8%] (9%) {7%} [15%] (11%)

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted July 25, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted June 12, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 9, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted March 27, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 27, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted October 26, 2011 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Baldwin receives between 85% and 89% support from Democrats regardless of which Republican she faces. The GOP hopefuls currently attract 74% to 82% of the vote from within their own party.

Baldwin is now viewed very favorably by 30% of Badger State voters and very unfavorably by 29%. These figures reflect a slight improvement from a month ago.

The four Republicans earn very favorable ratings from 10% to 13% of voters and very unfavorable reviews from 23% to 30%.

Positive assessments for both Thompson and Hovde have fallen over the past month.