The deal between
Republican legislative leaders
and Gov. Tony Evers
to use surplus dollars
to reduce property taxes
increase school funding and
give out tax rebates
failed in colossal fashion
when most Democrats voted
against it and Republican
candidate for governor
Tom Tiffany
blasted the bill
ahead of the vote.
But when asked
most people across the state
said they were for it.
What do you think was
most resonant about
why people wanted this?
I think the fundamental thing is
that it gives something
that everybody wants
at least a piece of.
In our other polling this year
we've seen concern about
reducing property taxes is high.
We have funding for
special education, is
70% in favor of that
and who doesn't want a
check for $300
or $600 to a couple?
So there are
popular elements there.
I think the other thing that's
less obvious, is that
this is a kind of
old-fashioned compromise
where everybody got something
and it's all about
the good things you're getting
rather than the bad things.
The conflict in politics
and in the Capitol may have
made it hard for
that compromise to
carry over in the actual votes
where you saw both
some Republicans and
all Democrats in the Senate
voting no.