The quarterly poll, conducted by UWM’s Center for Urban Initiatives and Research, WisBusiness.com and Milwaukee Public Radio, asked more than 450 Wisconsinites about their feelings on taxes, the economic outlook, the legalization of marijuana and more.
The statistic making headlines today is the support for minimum wage, which, compared to the fourth quarter in 2013, both support for and opposition to increased – but not by much. The report also asked for party affiliation, and most surprisingly, 52 percent of the Republican respondents supported an increase. But when asked if they supported raising the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour, specifically, a large majority of Republican respondents opposed.
Support for a Menominee tribal casino in Kenosha has gone up and down over the last three quarters, but this quarter 52 percent of respondents approve. Here’s how the numbers breakdown across (three) political lines:
Fifty percent of respondents favored legalizing marijuana and taxing its sale, while 47 percent opposed and four percent weren’t sure either way. And 60 percent oppose eliminating the income tax and compensating by increasing the sales tax.
All images courtesy of the UWM, Wisbusiness.com and Milwaukee Public Radio.
