NBC News/Marist Poll: Tony Evers, Tammy Baldwin lead in Wisconsin races

Bill Glauber | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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State schools Superintendent Tony Evers holds a strong lead over Republican Gov. Scott Walker in a hypothetical fall match-up, according to the NBC News/Marist College Poll released Thursday.

Evers leads Walker, 54% to 41%, the poll showed.

Just 34% of Wisconsin registered voters say Walker deserves re-election, while 61% said someone else deserves a chance in the job.

Evers led the Democratic primary field with 26% support. Activist Mike McCabe and State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout of Alma had 7% each and Madison Mayor Paul Soglin had 6% support.

The poll only compared Evers to Walker in a head-to-head match-up.

In the Republican U.S. Senate race, Kevin Nicholson led Leah Vukmir among likely voters, 38% to 35%, within the margin of error. Among all GOP voters, Nicholson led 38% to 28%.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin led both of her potential rivals, with a 54% to 39% lead over Nicholson and a 55% to 38% lead over Vukmir.

The poll of 1,040 adults Wisconsin was conducted July 15-19. Marist also surveyed in Michigan and Minnesota.

In Wisconsin, 36% of registered voters approved of President Donald Trump's job performance, while 52% disapproved.

By a 47% to 39% margin, those polled preferred a Democratic-controlled Congress.

Last week, a Marquette University Law School Poll showed Evers with 31% support to lead the field of eight Democrats running for governor. But more than a third of Democratic primary voters hadn't made a choice in the race.

In that same poll, 47% approved of the job Walker is doing and 45% disapproved.

Vukmir and Nicholson were in a dead heat in the Marquette Poll and 30% of GOP primary voters were still undecided. Baldwin was viewed favorably by 41% and unfavorably by 40%.

The Marquette poll didn't do head-to-head match-ups between Walker and the Democratic opponents or Baldwin against her GOP rivals. In June, the Marquette poll showed Walker leading all Democratic opponents, while Baldwin was ahead of both Nicholson and Vukmir.

The NBC/Marist poll's margin of error for the entire survey was plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.

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