New Marquette Poll sees Democratic Senate primary tightening

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The Democratic field is tightening in Wisconsin's U.S. Senate primary, according to a new Marquette University Law School poll.

Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry appears to be catching up to Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, with 16% of Democratic primary voters supporting Lasry and 19% supporting Barnes.

In a poll released early last month, Barnes was the choice of 23% of Democratic voters, while Lasry trailed at 13%.

The margin of error for the latest poll is plus or minus 6.6 percentage points for the Democratic sample. It was plus or minus 5.7 percentage points in March.

Lasry has been running TV ads since October 2021, while Barnes has yet to hit the airwaves.

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[Lovie777]

1. Money talks . .....

Los Angeles mayor's race, candidate Rick Caruso a real estate developer who is well endowed with money became a Democrat to run (cause right now, Republicans in the city are not favored). Seen and heard commercials from him but not from the others.

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2. I find it really annoying when someone who has never held elected office

skips right to running for the highest office he can.

Its like - I'm rich, I don't have to pay my dues.

He may be a great candidate or he may not, but its all advertising.

[AllyCat]

3. I truly don't believe Dems can win without the power of black voters

So far, Barnes has the ear of black voters and they like him. I'm with that guy then. We have to lift up the voices of our black neighbors and in this case, that's through voting.

I'm still with Barnes.

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5. 1+

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4. Evers' favorability rating has a net positive result, 47% to 42%, which pollster Charles Franklin sa

I got as an email
It really is too early for polls but would love to see this Evers poll continue to trend in the positive.



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There are now 35 unionized Starbucks stores in 15 states.

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Only minor changes can be seen in the new Marquette Law School Poll among the candidates running for marquee offices this fall—with most voters in Wisconsin believing it's far too early to commit to a specific candidate.

Among the Democrats seeking to challenge Sen. Ron Johnson this fall, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes continues to lead the primary field, though the lead is slightly narrower than before.

Barnes has 19% support compared to 16% for Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry, 7% for state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, and 5% for Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson. All other Democratic candidates garnered support of 1% or less. And 48% of Democratic respondents had no preference.

Johnson continues to be underwater in his favorability ratings: 46% say they have an unfavorable opinion vs. 35% favorable. In 2016, shortly before winning reelection, Johnson had a net-positive favorability rating, 43% to 39%.

Among Republicans seeking to challenge Gov. Tony Evers this fall, former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch maintains a 22-point lead over businessman Kevin Nicholson, 32% to 10%. State Rep. Timothy Ramthun has 5% support. And 46% of Republican respondents had no preference. The poll was begun before businessman Tim Michels entered the race.

Evers' favorability rating has a net positive result, 47% to 42%, which pollster Charles Franklin said is noteworthy since a slight majority of all respondents say they think Wisconsin is on the wrong track.

"It's striking that people can be this pessimistic about the state and its direction and still have a net positive approval rating of Tony Evers," said Franklin.

The survey of 805 registered Wisconsin voters has a margin of error of +/- 4.1%.