Marquette survey shows Tony Evers with 49%, Scott Walker with 44%

The poll's director, Charles Franklin, attributed Evers' improvement over the past month to Demers' enthusiasm and Evers' support for women.

"White college women are very pro-democracy this year," Franklin told reporters.

Three-quarters of Democrats said they were very excited about voting, while 64 percent of Republicans were very enthusiastic.

Marquette's poll last month showed that Walker and Evers were on par with 46% of likely voters. This month's poll by Suffolk University for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel allowed Evers to outstrip Walker 46% to 44%, and other polls also gave Evers an edge.

Looking for a third term, Walker finds himself in a worse situation than in previous races.

"In our polls, Walker fell by one point or maybe in a poll of almost two points, but he did not decrease by five points," Franklin said.

"I think it's important to look at the recent post-primary poll.We had Walker down or Evers up five, four, two, tied in our last poll and now Evers up of a five-point margin and it's a little more than a margin across several different polls by several different pollsters rather than just in our data. "

Walker said he was expecting to be in this position because of Democratic enthusiasm, and suggested that voters will return to the November elections.

"We've always said we need to prepare for that," Walker told the press in Wausau. "Now, we have shown time and time again when we were in previous polls, a grassroots organization, going out and talking to voters can really make a difference, I think most people realize that Wisconsin is working. allow us to go back now. "

At a stop in Milwaukee, Evers said he was pleased with the results and thought he had shown that a series of negative ads from Walker had failed.

"This hijacking he tried to use as a wedge did not work," said Evers. "People in Wisconsin know better."

Walker and Evers are more well known, but nearly a third of voters said they did not know enough about Evers to have an opinion of him.

Forty-five percent of voters had a favorable opinion of Walker and 52% had an unfavorable opinion of him. Forty percent had a favorable opinion of Evers and 29 percent an unfavorable opinion of him.

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Attorney General's race

In the run for the Attorney General, outgoing Republican Brad Schimel beat Democrat Josh Kaul 48% to 41%.

This partly reflected the fact that the vast majority of voters – 87% – did not know enough about Kaul to have an opinion of him. For Schimel, 24% had a favorable opinion, 20% had an unfavorable opinion and 56% did not know enough to have an opinion.

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State Budget

In terms of Wisconsin's finances, 31% believe the state budget is in better shape than a few years ago, 28% think it's about the same and 29% think it's worse.

Education is a key issue

Most voters are satisfied with their local schools – 18% are very satisfied, 46% are satisfied, 17% are dissatisfied and 8% are very dissatisfied.

A majority of respondents – 57% – preferred to spend more on schools than to reduce taxes. Thirty-eight percent saw it in the other direction and said they were in favor of a tax cut.

Attitudes towards schools could play a role in the race, as both candidates boast of having the best education policies.

State of the roads

Transportation is also on the agenda, with Walker claiming that he has adequately financed the roads and that Evers says better roads are needed.

In the survey, 5% rated the roads in their area as excellent, 30% rated them as good, 32% rated them fair, and 32% rated them as poor. These ratings are worse than a month ago.

Foxconn help

Nearly half of the respondents – 48% – said they did not think that the state incentive program for the Foxconn Technology Group plant in Mount Pleasant was worth it. The company is eligible for public and local incentives of up to $ 4 billion.

Thirty-nine percent said the Foxconn deal was worth it and 13% said they did not know it.

Environmental problems

Regarding environmental issues, 59% said they thought the environment was more important than economic growth, while 27% said economic growth was more important.

In total, the telephone survey polled 800 registered voters, including 614 who consider themselves potential voters. The margin of error ranged from plus or minus 4 points to plus or minus 5.6 points.

Journalist Sentinel, Mary Spicuzza in Milwaukee and Molly Beck in Madison and Laura Schulte of USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin contributed to this report.

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