Heartland Signal: 'Independents, young men shift right: Breaking down the October Marquette poll'
Heartland Signal: 'Independents, young men shift right: Breaking down the October Marquette poll'
Ron Johnson remains the frontrunner in Wisconsin's Senate race and Tim Michels is closing the gap behind Tony Evers. We're breaking down the poll results in this crucial swing state.
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The Marquette University Law School Poll is the state’s gold standard of measuring where voters stand, so here at The Recombobulation Area, we take a close look at each new poll.
There’s less than a month to go until Election Day, and this is the second-to-last Marquette poll before the midterms. It was a good poll for Republicans. Sen. Ron Johnson expanded his lead over Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes and Tim Michels closed the gap behind Gov. Tony Evers.
But as always, there’s much more to learn from this poll than just those head-to-head numbers.
So, let’s recombobulate.
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Dan Shafer is a journalist from Milwaukee who writes and publishes The Recombobulation Area. He previously worked at Seattle Magazine, Seattle Business Magazine, the Milwaukee Business Journal, Milwaukee Magazine, and BizTimes Milwaukee. He’s also written for The New York Times, The Daily Beast, Heartland Signal, Belt Magazine, WisPolitics, and Milwaukee Record. He’s won 13 Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards. He’s on Twitter at @DanRShafer.
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