The newest Marquette Law School Poll, released Wednesday, found both the races for governor and attorney general are statistically tied and voters are more aware of what they need to vote.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Democrat challenger Mary Burke each received 47 percent of likely voters’ support out of 1,004 people polled. Another 4 percent said they were undecided, and less than 1 percent said they will vote for someone else.
The margin of error was 3.2 percentage points.
This is a change from Walker’s slight lead over Burke in the last poll released Oct. 1.
Walker received 48 percent of support among the 803 registered voters polled Wednesday, while Burke received 45 percent. Five percent of registered voters said they were undecided and less than 1 percent said they will vote for someone else.
The margin of error was 3.5 percentage points.
Burke’s communications director Joe Zepecki said in a statement the Wednesday poll confirms the race is too close to call.
In the attorney general race, Republican Brad Schimel and Democrat Susan Happ each received 42 percent support from the likely voters polled, while 16 percent said they are undecided.
Both candidates received 39 percent of registered voters’ support, and 19 percent said they were undecided.
Happ’s campaign manager Josh Lease said in a release the campaign has always expected the race to be close.
“Fortunately, Susan Happ has a proven track record of bringing people together and is the only candidate in the race with a record of earning votes from across the political spectrum,” Lease wrote.
Campaign spokesperson Johnny Koremenos said in a release Schimel is “not hiding.”
“As this race continues to come into focus, we’re confident voters are making the determination that Brad Schimel is … their choice to be the state’s top cop,” Koremenos wrote in the release.
Sixty-eight percent of polled likely voters interviewed Friday through Saturday correctly said an ID is not required to vote, and 67 percent said they knew of the Supreme Court’s order to halt the voter ID law.
