A Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday showed a huge shift in Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) direction and away from Democrat Mary Burke, finding him with a 7-point lead among likely voters.
The poll found Walker with 50 percent support while Burke got 43 percent support among likely voters. Two weeks earlier a Marquette University poll found the race tied with Walker and Burke getting 47 percent each.
So why the big change? Marquette explained it this way:
Re: changes in gov’s race, poll director Charles Franklin points to shifting turnout intentions as big factor in changes. #mulawpoll
— MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) October 29, 2014
In current poll, 93% of Repubs say they are “certain to vote.” 82% of Dems and 75% of independents say that. #mulawpoll
— MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) October 29, 2014
The latest Marquette University poll comes just a few days before Election Day.
The latest Marquette University poll was conducted from Oct. 23 to Oct. 26. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points for likely voters. The poll surveyed 1,164 likely voters and 1,409 registered voters.
Now, Walker has a 4.9 point lead over Burke according to the TPM Polltracker.
This post has been updated.