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Top Two Election Races Are Tied
Less than three weeks from election day in Wisconsin a new poll from the state’s largest business group says the top two races on the ballot are tied.
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce on Wednesday released a new poll that shows the race between Brad Schimel and Susan Crawford for the Wisconsin Supreme Court is tied, 47-47.
“We’ve seen a lot of spending on both sides, a lot of spending from the candidates especially Crawford,” WMC’s Scott Manley told News Talk 1130 WISN’s Jay Weber Wednesday morning. “I mean she's out-spending Brad Schimel on the airwaves. So we wanted to see, we wanted to measure what has happened in this race since the last poll.”
The latest Marquette Poll looked at name recognition and issues in the race, but it did not measure which way voters were leaning.
WMC’s last poll, back in February showed a tied race, 48-48, but with 25% of voters who said they were undecided.
Manley said the new poll shows just 5% of likely voters now say they’re undecided.
“The race is a dead-heat. It is literally tied, 47% for Brad Schimel and 47% for Susan Crawford,” Manley explained. “[But] the number of undecided has shrunk in the past month, but they've been going evenly to both candidates.”
The poll also measured favorability and unfavorability. The favorability numbers are tied as well at 45% for both Schimel and Crawford. Schimel has a slightly higher unfavorability rating, at 46%. Crawford’s comes-in at 43%.
The poll also asked likely voters about the race for Wisconsin State Superintendent.
Manley says 33% of voters told pollsters they’re looking to vote for current State Superintendent Jill Underly, while 30% are looking to vote for challenger Brittany Kinser. Manley says 38% of voters remain undecided in that race.
“With a large number of undecided voters still up for grabs. This creates a clear opportunity for Kinser to define herself positively and consolidate support among those undecided voters,” the poll notes.
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