A Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday found former president Donald Trump with 49 percent support and Vice President Kamala Harris with 50 percent support among likely voters in a two-way matchup between the candidates. This is Marquette’s first poll in Wisconsin since President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance and subsequent withdrawal from the race. In early June, the poll found likely voters roughly split between Biden and Trump.
In the U.S. Senate race, Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin had 52 percent support among likely voters, compared with 47 percent for Republican Eric Hovde, a slight edge given the survey’s 4.8-point margin of sampling error.
The economy ranked the highest among issues important to Wisconsin likely voters with 37 percent saying it was their top issue. That was followed by immigration and border security (14 percent) and abortion policy (14 percent). Another 10 percent said Medicare and Social Security were their top issues and other issues ranked in single-digit importance.
The survey was conducted among 801 likely Wisconsin voters July 24 to Aug. 1, before Harris announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), is underwater in the state, with 42 percent unfavorably, 33 percent favorably and 24 percent saying they haven’t heard enough about him yet.
In the U.S. Senate race, Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin had 52 percent support among likely voters, compared with 47 percent for Republican Eric Hovde, a slight edge given the survey’s 4.8-point margin of sampling error.
The economy ranked the highest among issues important to Wisconsin likely voters with 37 percent saying it was their top issue. That was followed by immigration and border security (14 percent) and abortion policy (14 percent). Another 10 percent said Medicare and Social Security were their top issues and other issues ranked in single-digit importance.
The survey was conducted among 801 likely Wisconsin voters July 24 to Aug. 1, before Harris announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), is underwater in the state, with 42 percent unfavorably, 33 percent favorably and 24 percent saying they haven’t heard enough about him yet.
