Posted on 07/23/2014 6:44:32 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Dead heat.
That's what Wisconsin is staring at in the race for governor, with Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Mary Burke neck-and-neck heading into the November election, according to the latest Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday.
Among registered voters, Walker led Burke, 46% to 45%. Among likely voters, Burke led Walker, 47% to 46%.
"The bottom line is that nothing has statistically changed from May to July," said Charles Franklin, the poll director. "We're seeing a dead heat in the race, well within the margin of error."
"As the race really heats up with advertising and back and forth, I'd expect to see interesting developments over the next months," he added.
In the May sample, the race took shape as the Republican incumbent was first deadlocked with Burke, a member of the Madison School Board. The two candidates recorded 46% each, with 6% undecided. Back then, Walker led Burke among likely voters by 48% to 45%.
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Burke helped run family owned Trek bicycle and she’s trying to use her tenure at Trek as an example of her business acumen. The problem for the Dims is that Trek is a big time outsourcer; they contract out bike manufacturing in China where workers make around $2/hour.
Now Burke is advocating a hike in the minimum wage. Not to worry, a hike in the minimum wage will have a minimum effect on Trek’s bottom line because 95% of Trek bikes are made outside the US.
So here’s a hypocritical limousine lib that profits off Chinese slave labor while thumbing her nose at US businesses that actually employ US workers, and struggle with hyperactive unions and regulations.
I hope the Leftists like a taste of heir own medicine. Walker is making use of Burke’s story in campaign ads and her negatives will surely rise.
I agree with your assessment, however I’d like to add one thing.
Reporting bogus polls also gives the left cover for the fraud come Election Day.
He’s only had one term. You think its more because he had to win a recall election.
She is married with two children......not that it means anything anymore especially among liberals.
The Marquette Poll has been accurate in predicting election results - period.
I thought I read elsewhere that Walker is ahead?
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, thos Wisconsin interest ping list.
Walker has been vetted vetted vetted vetted. He’s probably the cleanest politician in America.
Yeah, the the Dems will cheat at least 20%!
No, their polls three months out it have always veered leftward. It is true that they may often tone down the bias in their last poll before the election just to preserve a false record of accuracy. However this poll, like all of the other academic political polls in Wisconsin taken before very the end of the campaign, is meant solely to affect the outcome and not predict it.
Actually, I think Scott Waker has been such an effective and outstanding governor that Walker has worn the typical Wisconsin voters tolerance for good government from two terms down to one term.
After one term Wisconsin's economy is back on track, it's fiscally in great shape and it's education system is making huge gains.
He has fixed all the damage done by a succession of Democrat Governors and by the Teachers and Public employee unions, raised the median income in the state and killed the strangle hold the teacher's union had on eduction while raising the take home pay of individual teachers.
Wisconsin voters can now put a Democrat back in power to f**k the state back up like it was back under Democrat control.
A cynical and hopeless view that is difficult to argue with.
Reminds me of what the Denver Post printed about the three recall elections for state senators.
The final numbers were not even close.
What it DID do was keep badly needed national GOP $$$ out of CO.
Your post reminds me of why I think isolationship nationally isn’t such a bad idea. No matter how much blood and treasure we spill to set things right in the world, the next administration could easily reverse all the gains, so why waste the blood and treasure in the first place?
Bingo. You nailed it. The media is pushing this for their own benefit.
let’s hope you are right...
hear hear
I'd add that these polls are signals to the rats as to what extent they need to gear up their fraud machines.
Aw, Diana...I hope so.
Fraud abounds, though.
This poll over sampled dems by 6%, if that means anything.
The may poll was over sampled by 8%.
She’s a Maserati marxist.
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