{"id":9615,"date":"2022-11-04T21:30:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T21:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weda.org\/?p=9615"},"modified":"2022-11-04T21:32:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T21:32:43","slug":"top-wisconsin-election-races-too-close-to-call-in-latest-marquette-university-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weda.org\/top-wisconsin-election-races-too-close-to-call-in-latest-marquette-university-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Wisconsin Election Races Too Close to Call in Latest Marquette University Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Top Wisconsin Election Races Too Close to Call in Latest Marquette University Poll<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/poll\/\">Marquette University Law School Poll<\/a>, which was conducted Oct. 24 through Nov. 1 and released on Nov. 2, shows extremely tight races at the top of the ticket, including the Governor\u2019s race between incumbent Tony Evers (D) and Tim Michels (R), as well as the U.S. Senate contest between Wisconsin Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes and incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson (R). Please find below highlights of the poll:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wisconsin Governor\u2019s Race:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wisconsin Voters\u2019 Preference for Governor <\/strong>(among likely voters):\n<ul>\n<li>Governor Tony Evers (Democrat): 48%<\/li>\n<li>Tim Michels (Republicans): 48%<\/li>\n<li>Joan Beglinger (Independent): 2%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>NOTE: <\/strong>Joan Beglinger ended her gubernatorial campaign in early September and endorsed Republican candidate Tim Michels.\u00a0 However, her name will remain on the November general election ballot.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em>In the September poll, Evers received 47%, Michels 46%, and Beglinger 4%.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Evers Favorability:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Favorable: 44%<\/li>\n<li>Unfavorable: 46%<\/li>\n<li>Haven\u2019t heard enough: 6%<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t know: 4%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Michels Favorability:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Favorable: 39%<\/li>\n<li>Unfavorable: 39%<\/li>\n<li>Haven\u2019t heard enough: 16%<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t know: 5%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Wisconsin U.S. Senate Race:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wisconsin Voters\u2019 Preference for U.S. Senate<\/strong>(among likely voters):\n<ul>\n<li>Senator Ron Johnson (Republican): 50%<\/li>\n<li>Governor Mandela Barnes (Democrat): 48%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em>In the September poll, Johnson received 52% and Barnes 46%<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Johnson Favorability:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Favorable: 43%<\/li>\n<li>Unfavorable: 46%<\/li>\n<li>Haven\u2019t heard enough: 7%<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t know: 3%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Barnes Favorability:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Favorable: 40%<\/li>\n<li>Unfavorable: 44%<\/li>\n<li>Haven\u2019t heard enough: 11%<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t know: 4%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Issue Polling:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The poll also surveyed voters on the question of whether the state is headed in the right direction or on the wrong track. The poll found the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Right direction: 34%<\/li>\n<li>Wrong track: 58%<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t know: 8%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This poll also asked how Wisconsinites felt about certain topics. Here are the results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Inflation<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Very Concerned: 68% and Somewhat Concerned: 24%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Public schools<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Very Concerned: 62% and Somewhat Concerned: 28%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Crime<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Very Concerned: 57% and Somewhat Concerned: 28%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gun violence<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Very Concerned: 56% and Somewhat Concerned: 25%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Accurate vote count<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Very Concerned: 56% and Somewhat Concerned: 17%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Abortion policy<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Very Concerned: 52% and Somewhat Concerned: 26%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Taxes <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Very Concerned: 48% and Somewhat Concerned: 36%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Illegal immigration<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Very Concerned: 40% and Somewhat Concerned: 29%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Coronavirus<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Very Concerned: 16% and Somewhat Concerned: 36%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/poll\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a>\u00a0to read the complete results from the latest Marquette University Poll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Wisconsin Election Races Too Close to Call in Latest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9615"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9616,"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9615\/revisions\/9616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}