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From: Anniken Williams, Public Policy Polling

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To: Interested Parties

Subject:

Tony Evers Democrat’s Top Choice in 2018 Election Preview; Voters Believe

Evers Has Best Chance to Beat Walker

Date: January 11, 2018

A new Public Policy Po lli ng survey finds t hat the Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction and Democratic candidate for Governor, Tony Evers, is the to p choice for Democrats in the 2018 primary election. In a hypothetical preview of this election, Evers holds a sizeable lead with the p lurali ty of vo ters (29%) supporting him increasing to 33% after learning more about him. Initially, 28% o f voters were unsure of who they would vote for and this decreased to 17%. The closest candidates behind Evers are Kathleen Vinehout who received 11% initially and Pau l Soglin who received 12% of the vot e after voters learned more about him. With h is favorabili ty rating at 60%, it is no surprise that a plurality (35%) of Wisconsin Democratic voters think Evers has the best chance of beating Scott Walker in November. Evers

’ lead is built on by

strong support among a w ide array of demographics, such as a plurality of women (34%), men (33%), very (33%) an d somewhat (37%) liberal Democrats, moderate Democrats (32%), somewhat conservative Democrats (26%), white voters (35%), voters age 18 to 45 (37%), 46 to 65 (30%), and o lder than 65 (36%), after they were given more information about him. Key findings from the survey include: -