More good news today out of Wisconsin courtesy of Monmouth’s latest poll:
In the state's U.S. Senate election, Democrat Russ Feingold holds a sizable 52% to 44% lead over incumbent Ron Johnson, with 2% supporting Libertarian Phil Anderson. This is down from Feingold's 54% to 41% advantage in August. Six years ago, Johnson unseated then-incumbent Feingold by a 5 point margin in that year's Republican wave.
"The race has narrowed but, Feingold remains well placed to return to the Senate barring any major shakeup in this race," said Murray.
Johnson's rating has improved a bit since the prior Monmouth poll, now standing at 40% favorable and 30% unfavorable, compared with a 34% - 30% rating in August. Still, Feingold's rating is nominally better at 46% favorable and 31% unfavorable, compared with his 46% - 26% rating two months ago.
In some ways, the Senate contest is being overshadowed by the presidential race. Currently, 23% of Wisconsin voters say Johnson has been too supportive of his party's presidential nominee, 14% say he has not been supportive enough, 35% say Johnson has given Trump the right amount of support, and 28% have no opinion. Johnson has been trying to walk a fine line with his endorsement of Trump. Nearly half of Trump supporters (48%) say Johnson has given his party's presidential nominee the right amount of support compared with 27% who say he has not given enough support.
On the Democratic side, 14% of Wisconsin voters say Feingold has been too supportive of Clinton, 8% say he has not been supportive enough, 50% say Feingold has given his party's standard bearer the right amount of support, and 28% have no opinion. Most Clinton supporters (71%) say Feingold has given the Democratic presidential nominee the right amount of support compared with just 12% who say he has not given enough support.
The Monmouth University Poll was conducted by telephone from October 15 to 18, 2016 with 403 Wisconsin residents likely to vote in the November election. This sample has a margin of error of ±4.9 percent. The poll was conducted by the Monmouth University Polling Institute in West Long Branch, NJ.
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