Posted on 10/29/2014 11:51:09 AM PDT by Signalman
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker apparently regained his stride with likely voters, opening a 7-percentage-point lead over Democratic challenger Mary Burke, according to a new Marquette Law School poll.
The Marquette poll, which has an excellent track record for predicting Wisconsin election results, found that 50 percent of likely voters support Walker compared with 43 percent for Burke. Those figures represent a major shift from previous polls that showed the race neck-and-neck including an Oct. 15 poll where Walker and Burke were tied at 47 percent among likely voters.
The reason for the changing tide in the Wisconsin governor's race is the shifting turnout intentions of voters, poll director Charles Franklin said. More Walker supporters say they will vote than do Burke supporters, Franklin said. The Walker advantage exceeds the poll's margin of error, which is plus or minus 3 percentage points for likely voters. This is the last MU Law School poll before the election.
The poll was conducted Oct. 23 through Oct. 26. It included 1,409 registered voters with 1,164 of them saying they are likely to vote.
Among registered voters, the race remained close with Walker garnering support from 46 percent of those polled and Burke, 45 percent.
In the previous poll released Oct. 15, Burke bounced back from a short-lived deficit to a tie with Walker among likely voters at 47 percent each.
Four percent of likely voters remained undecided as of the Oct. 15 poll, according to the MU poll released Wednesday afternoon. Burke had added support from voters who are independents in the previous poll.
In the state attorney general's race, the Marquette poll found that Republican Brad Schimel has the support of 43 of likely voters to Democrat Susan Happ's 39 percent. Fourteen percent of likely voters remain undecided in the attorney general's race.
How accurate have MU pollsters been in the past? I hope they’re accurate now!
The Marquette poll, which has an excellent track record for predicting Wisconsin election results...
Go Scott Go!!!
Also, Obama personal appearances have consistantly hurt the democrat candidate.
The narrative is all adding up about who Burke really is, and it ain't pretty. It demonstrates a person who lacks serious personal skills and couldn’t manage a lemonade stand. Remind you of anyone?
Only the most blindly rabid partisan could seriously vote for Burke, which means she'll get 47% of the vote.
Wasn’t Obama just out in WI campaigning for the Dem?
Article today that shows Burke was fired by her family from the family business after a financially disasterous entry into dealings in Europe. Burke claimed she was worn out and needed a 2-year respite when in fact she was canned. Ha.
That’s going to require a LOT Of bussed in SEIU types!
Bury liberals everywhere!!!
That should be beyond the margin of vote fraud.
Great, great news. And let’s hope Obola’s visit drives her numbers even further down
I hope that Wisconsin (and Minnesota) have begun to recover some political sanity after decades of Marxist rule and destruction.
I’m down to two candidates about whom I would be enthusiastic:
Ted Cruz
Scott Walker
The Daily KOS’rs are apoplectic.
Illegal aliens who vote don’t participate in polls.
.Yeeeees!!. He will have a shot at ‘16.
They’re in CYA mode now. They’ve moved on from their “influencing” the election polling.
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