For the first time since March, Gov. Scott Walker has support among likely voters outside the margin of error in the gubernatorial race against Mary Burke in a Marquette Law School poll.
The Marquette Law School Poll began in 2012 and is Wisconsin’s most extensive independent statewide polling project.
Walker received 50 percent of likely voters’ support, while Burke received 45 percent of the support. Of the remaining poll participants, 3 percent said they are undecided and 1 percent said they will vote for someone else.
Forty-six percent of registered voters polled supported Walker and 45 percent supported Burke.
Walker leads Burke outside the margin of error of 4.1 points among the 585 likely voters polled. However, the results for the 801 registered voters polled remain within the 3.5-point margin of error.
The poll revealed a large gender gap in support for the candidates with more men supporting Walker and more women supporting Burke.
Walker and Burke each maintain more than 90 percent of the support from likely voters in their respective parties. However, Independents support Walker by 53 percent compared to Burke’s 40 percent.
Burke leads in the Madison media market by 66 percent, compared to 31 percent.
Another portion of the poll showed attorney general candidates Brad Schimel and Susan Happ remained tied within the margin of error with 41 percent of likely voters supporting Schimel and 39 percent supporting Happ. Undecided voters totaled 19 percent.
Schimel and Happ each received 37 percent of the support from registered voters, while 22 percent have not yet chosen.
Similar to the gubernatorial results, more men support the male candidate and more women support the female candidate in the attorney general race.
Schimel, a Republican, is the Waukesha County district attorney and Happ, a Democrat, is the Jefferson County district attorney. More than eight in 10 voters polled said they did not know the candidates.
Both attorney general candidates have garnered law enforcement support. The Madison Professional Police Officers Association endorsed Happ Wednesday. The Wisconsin Professional Police Association endorsed Schimel Sept. 22.
