Hillary Clinton has a four-point lead among Wisconsin likely voters in a Marquette Law School poll conducted in the midst of a video released showing Donald Trump’s vulgar comments about women.
Clinton led the poll, 46-42, in a head-to-head match with Trump in Wisconsin. When third-party candidates were included, she led by seven points, 44-37, with Johnson at 9 percent and Stein at 3 percent.
The video release on Friday, catching Trump making sexually explicit comments about women, appeared to sway the poll, which was conducted Oct. 6-9. Trump led by one point among likely voters polled on Thursday, but among those who were surveyed on Saturday and Sunday, Clinton had gained a 19-point lead.
The previous Marquette University poll, conducted mid-September, indicated that Trump was catching up to the former Secretary of State in Wisconsin. In that poll, Clinton led by just two points, 44-42, in a two-way race, and by three points, 41-38, with third-party candidates included.
The Marquette University poll was conducted via live telephone interview from Oct. 6-9 among 878 likely Wisconsin voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percent.
TPM’s PollTracker Average for the general election in Wisconsin shows Clinton leading Trump, 46.4 to 39.7.
Landslide.
Wonder why the Senate race in this state is tightening at the same time Trump is tanking? Was it just a name recognition issue up to now?