(The Center Square) – Democrat David Crowley leads Republican Tom Tiffany with 51% of the vote compared to 44% for Tiffany, according to a new Marquette Law School Poll.
The poll showed that 47% of all registered voters preferred Crowley with 44% for Tiffany, falling within the polls margin of error.
The survey was conducted Oct. 14-22, interviewing 818 Wisconsin registered voters, with a margin of error of +/-4.3 percentage points. For likely voters, the sample size is 668 with a margin of error of +/-4.7 percentage points.
“We’ve seen a pretty close race over the fall,” Marquette Law School Poll Director Charles Franklin said.
The poll is the final for Marquette before Tuesday's election.
None of Marquette’s polling showed Crowley as the favorite over Francesca Hong in the tumultuous Democratic primary where Crowley dropped out and later re-entered the race when Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez dropped out.
The poll showed that Democrats are more likely to vote than Republicans with 84% of Democrats being likely to vote and 77% of Republicans.
The poll showed that Tiffany’s plan to have a 10% cut in income tax for families that make $150,000 or less, ending taxes on tips and overtime was very popular with 83% of voters approving the plan and 49% saying that they strongly favor it.
Polling was closer on Tiffany’s plan to return the state’s more than $3 billion surplus to voters with 76% of Republicans preferring to return the surplus with 77% of Democrats favoring using it for services along with 58% of independent voters.
Tiffany was seen as the candidate who would do more to reduce taxes while voters believed Crowley would do more to make healthcare more affordable, improve education and improve data center policy.