{"id":13073,"date":"2024-10-02T13:48:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T13:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=13073"},"modified":"2024-10-02T14:23:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T14:23:44","slug":"are-americas-best-days-still-to-come-or-have-they-come-and-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=13073","title":{"rendered":"Are America\u2019s Best Days Still to Come or\u00a0Have they Come and Gone?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/are-americas-best-days-still-to-come-or-have-they-come-and-gone\/\">https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/are-americas-best-days-still-to-come-or-have-they-come-and-gone\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>October 2, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Are America\u2019s Best Days Still to Come or\u00a0<\/b><b>Have they Come and Gone?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>53% of likely Wisconsin voters says best days are still to come if we do the right things to get back on track; 32% believe best days are still to come<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>DELAFIELD, WI:<\/b><span> Throughout the summer, the Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) has conducted a number of statewide polls, regional polls, and focus groups to better understand the views of Wisconsin voters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Our Latest Findings:<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Harris 49%, Trump 48%\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Among Trump voters who are independent, 46% say something might come up that could change their mind<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Biggest cause of doubt about Harris are her policy positions (37%) and track record (21%)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Baldwin 50%, Hovde 44%\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Hovde winning key demographics <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Ages 45-54: 49% Hovde, 40% Baldwin<\/li>\n<li>Ages 55-64: 53% Hovde, 40% Baldwin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Who do you trust more on issues important to you in Wisconsin?<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span>41% Wisconsin Republicans in the Legislature<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>32% Governor Evers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Superintendent Underly facing significant challenges with only 20% of all voters would like to see her reelected<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Wisconsin Voters Prefer Center Right Policies<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>IRG\u2019s polling found that despite a close election in a purple state, the voters\u2019 policy preferences align with center right proposals.\u00a0 Key Findings:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>50% of all voters would require legislative approval for all regulations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>67% of all voters strongly favor or somewhat favor a policy of reviewing all administrative rules more than 7 years old<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>46% believe that their personal finances will be helped most by a Trump victory<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>47% believe Biden\u2019s policies are primarily responsible for the current inflation crisis<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span>Learn more about our findings <a href=\"https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GCM24-WI09-Toplines.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span><\/i><i><span> and see our recent webinar discussing our findings with IRG\u2019s Senior Advisor Andrew Hitt and longtime political strategist Bill McCoshen <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HUlQisebris?si=KYuyhnLW_NiVoi2z\"><i><span>here.<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>###<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Institute for Reforming Government is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that seeks to simplify government at every level by offering policy solutions to thought leaders in American government in the areas of tax reform, government inefficiency, and burdensome regulations.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/are-americas-best-days-still-to-come-or-have-they-come-and-gone\/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0 October 2, 2024 Are America\u2019s Best&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":3264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-institute-for-reforming-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13074,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13073\/revisions\/13074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}