Final Marquette Law School Poll: Wisconsin’s Races For Governor Tied, Johnson Leads Barnes
Pollsters are using phrases like “purely a toss-up,” and “dead-tied” to describe Wisconsin’s marquee political match-ups less than one week before Election Day.
The latest Marquette Law School Poll came out Wednesday. It shows both the race for governor and U.S. Senate tied.
“It’s a two-point [Ron] Johnson lead, 50-48. That’s a tightening from a six-point Johnson lead three weeks ago,” Marquette’s director of polling, Charles Franklin told reporters. “On the governor’s race though we have a dead-tie, 48-48.”
Both races have tightened.
Johnson, who is the incumbent Republican U.S. Senator, had a six-point lead over Mandela Barnes in October’s poll.
“In August we had Barnes up by seven, right after the primary,” Franklin explained. “Then Johnson by one point in early September, then we had him up by six points three weeks ago. Now that race has tightened to two points.”
Franklin said the race for U.S. Senate is now “purely a toss-up.”
The race between Gov. Tony Evers and Re