Marquette Law School: New poll finds Evers, Trump job approval ratings steady among Wisconsin voters, 42% want Evers to run for a third term, and majorities think Trump’s budget proposals will increase the federal deficit and increase inflation

65% of Wisconsin voters think half or more of state budget surplus should go to tax cuts

Also:

• Most favor holding public university funding at current level or reducing it
• More disapprove than approve of the overall work of the state legislature, while more approve than disapprove of the work of the state Supreme Court
• Majorities favor increased state funding of special education but prioritizing property tax reduction over school spending

Please note: Complete Poll results and methodology information can be found online at law.marquette.edu/poll 

MILWAUKEE – A new Marquette Law School Poll survey of Wisconsin finds that 48% of registered voters approve of the job Tony Evers is doing as governor, while 46% disapprove. Forty-two percent say they would like Evers to seek a third term as governor in 2026, while 55% do not want him to run again.

Support for Evers running for a third term next year is greater than it was for former Gov. Scott Walker in January 2016, when 36% wanted him to seek a third term in 2018 and 61% did not.

The survey was conducted June 13-19, 2025, interviewing 873 Wisconsin registered voters, with a margin of error of +/-4.7 percentage points. To cover more subjects, a number of items were asked of random half-samples of 436 or 437 registered voters, with a margin of error of +/-6.6 percentage points. (All results are stated as percentages.)

A large majority of Democrats, 83%, support a third term bid by Evers. Among independents, 37% favor a third term and 50% oppose another race for Evers. Republicans oppose a third term by 93% to just 7% in favor. Table 1 shows the results by party identification.

Table 1: Want Evers to seek third term run, by party identification

Among registered voters

Party ID	Want third-term run
	Yes	No
Among all registered voters	42	55
Republican	7	93
Independent	37	50
Democrat	83	15
Marquette Law School Poll, Wisconsin survey, June 13-19, 2025
Question: Would you personally like to see Tony Evers run for a third term as governor in 2026?

In June, Evers’ job approval was 48% against 46% disapproval, with 5% who don’t know. His job approval has remained close to 50% throughout his time as governor, averaging 50.4% over 35 Marquette polls, with an average disapproval of 41.2% and 7.7% saying they don’t know. Table 2 shows the full history of Evers’ approval rating. Evers enjoyed especially high net approval ratings during the early months of the Covid pandemic in 2020, and slipped into slightly negative territory during his campaign for reelection in 2022. His approval has been net positive in 31 polls and net negative in 4.

Table 2: Evers job approval

Among registered voters

Poll dates	Approval
	Net	Approve	Disapprove	Don’t know
6/13-19/25	2	48	46	5
2/19-26/25	5	49	44	6
10/16-24/24	6	51	45	4
9/18-26/24	2	48	46	5
8/28-9/5/24	7	51	44	5
7/24-8/1/24	7	51	44	5
6/12-20/24	7	51	44	6
4/3-10/24	8	52	44	3
1/24-31/24	7	51	44	5
10/26-11/2/23	7	53	46	2
6/8-13/23	18	57	39	4
10/24-11/1/22	-1	46	47	6
10/3-9/22	-2	46	48	5
9/6-11/22	-3	44	47	8
8/10-15/22	2	47	45	8
6/14-20/22	3	48	45	6
4/19-24/22	6	49	43	7
2/22-27/22	9	50	41	8
10/26-31/21	-1	45	46	8
8/3-8/21	7	50	43	7
10/21-25/20	7	50	43	7
9/30-10/4/20	10	52	42	5
8/30-9/3/20	8	51	43	5
8/4-9/20	20	57	37	6
6/14-18/20	16	54	38	6
5/3-7/20	26	59	33	7
3/24-29/20	36	65	29	6
2/19-23/20	13	51	38	10
1/8-12/20	11	51	40	9
12/3-8/19	12	50	38	11
11/13-17/19	5	47	42	10
10/13-17/19	18	52	34	13
8/25-29/19	20	54	34	10
4/3-7/19	10	47	37	15
1/16-20/19	17	39	22	38
Marquette Law School Poll, Wisconsin surveys, latest: June 13-19, 2025
Question: Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way Tony Evers is handling his job as Governor of Wisconsin?

In the current poll, Evers has very high approval from Democrats, 91%, and very high disapproval from Republicans, 86%. Independents are slightly more disapproving, 45%, than approving, 43%, as shown in Table 3.

Table 3: Approval of Evers, by party identification

Among registered voters

Party ID	Approval
	Net	Approve	Disapprove	Don’t know
Among all registered voters	2	48	46	5
Republican	-75	11	86	3
Independent	-2	43	45	12
Democrat	87	91	4	5
Marquette Law School Poll, Wisconsin survey, June 13-19, 2025
Question: Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way Tony Evers is handling his job as Governor of Wisconsin?

Approval of the job the Wisconsin legislature is doing stands at 41%, with disapproval at 50%. Over 18 Marquette polls since 2019, the legislature’s average approval rating is 40.9% and average disapproval is 46.9%, with an average of 11.7% saying they don’t know.

A majority of Republicans, 51%, approve of how the legislature is doing its job, while most Democrats, 58%, disapprove. Independents are more disapproving, 48%, than approving, 29%, as shown in Table 4.

Table 4: Approval of legislature’s job performance, by party identification

Among registered voters

Party ID	Approval
	Net	Approve	Disapprove	Don’t know
Among all registered voters	-9	41	50	10
Republican	8	51	43	5
Independent	-19	29	48	22
Democrat	-26	32	58	10
Marquette Law School Poll, Wisconsin survey, June 13-19, 2025
Question: Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way the Wisconsin legislature is handling its job?

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has a job-performance approval rating of 49% with disapproval at 38%. This is the strongest net approval of the court in seven Marquette polls taken since October 2023. The court’s average approval over those surveys is 46.7%, with average disapproval of 39.7%. More respondents say they don’t know about the court than in the case of the governor or legislature, averaging 13.3%.

A majority of Democrats, 73%, approve of the court’s work, while a majority of Republicans, 62%, disapprove. Independents are about evenly divided, with 44% who approve and 40% who disapprove. The full results are shown in Table 5.

Table 5: Approval of Wisconsin Supreme Court’s job performance, by party identification

Among registered voters

Party ID	Approval
	Net	Approve	Disapprove	Don’t know
Among all registered voters	11	49	38	13
Republican	-34	28	62	9
Independent