Mary Burke, the Democratic nominee for governor in Wisconsin, leads Gov. Scott Walker (R) among likely voters, 48.6 percent to 46.5, according to a new Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday.
But among overall registered voters Walker still holds a small lead with 47.5 percent to Burke with 44.1 percent, the poll found.
Those findings contrast with the last two previous Marquette University polls which showed a dead heat in the race.
The latest poll’s findings underscore how Burke has become a serious challenger to Walker.
The poll was conducted among 815 Wisconsin voters from Thursday through Sunday. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. For the 609 people polled who identified as registered voters and said they were likely to vote the margin of error was 4.1 percent.
Prior to that poll the TPM Polltracker average gave Walker a slim 0.4 point lead over Burke in the race.
Dear Great State of Wisconsin,
Please drop-kick this bum into the cheap seats.
Best regards
My recollection is that they polled the recall election pretty dead on while others were all over the map. I might be wrong about that.
Add to this the new Gallup data that shows clearly that low Congressional approval ratings translate into high voter turn-out.
This isn’t going to be a Republican wave election—unless you count the GOP’s political drowning in a wave of voter turn-out.
The Marquette poll is very reliable. The school has good academic standards as well, having refused a degree to Gov Walker.
The fact that Walker even polls that high is scary.