Poll: Gov. Scott Walker Tied With Dem Opponent Mary Burke

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker gives a commencement speech at Concordia University of Wisconsin Friday, May 16, 2014, in Mequon, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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The Wisconsin governor’s between race Democrat Mary Burke and Gov. Scott Walker (R) is tied, according to a new Marquette University poll.

The race is tied with Burke and Walker each getting 46 percent support among registered voters while 6 percent are undecided, the poll found.

That’s a much closer race than what a previous Marquette University poll found. That last poll, in March, found Walker leading Burke 48 percent to 41 percent, among registered voters.

The picture is somewhat better among likely voters, the new poll found. Forty-eight percent said they support Walker while 45 percent said they would support Burke.

Burke’s campaign quickly highlighted the poll in multiple emails to supporters.

“The new direction and clear plan for growing Wisconsin’s economy, creating more good paying jobs and strengthening the middle class offered by former Trek Executive MaryBurke stands in stark contrast to Scott Walker’s failures,” Burke communications director Joe Zepecki said in a statement.

The poll’s margin of error was plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. The survey was conducted from May 15 to 18 among 805 Wisconsin registered voters.

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  1. Burke has to get more unlikely voters out to vote. In other words, the usual Democratic problem. What this really tells us is the trend is in the right direction and the race is winnable.

  2. "The picture is somewhat better among likely voters, the new poll found. Forty-eight percent said they support Walker… "

    Better? Is this an uncredited AP article?

  3. Anyone doing a “likely voter” poll this far out is cooking the books. They are worthless until closer to the election. Labor day is a good start for them.

  4. Word! All of these polls, all of these likely voter screens are based almost entirely on the shit show that was 2010. Its as though pollsters and pundits don’t believe we could possibly return to previous Democratic voting levels. SMDH

  5. We, the Mary Burke’s operatives in her campaign offices have their work cut out for us.Wanker will win the money war. Dems will win the community organizer campaign. It got Obama elected twice.

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