Friday, May 25, 2012
1:47 PM
Barrett poll: Walker 49.89, Barrett 48.62
Tom Barrett's campaign circulated new polling numbers to reporters today that showed a nip-and-tuck race.
Pushing back against a series of public polls that have shown Walker up around 5 points and regularly at 50 percent, the Barrett campaign said its latest numbers show 49.89 percent of those surveyed supported the guv, compared to 48.62 percent who supported Barrett.
The numbers were released the same day as a DGA polling memo that had the split at 49-46 for Walker, within the margin of error.
Barrett's campaign released an overview of the numbers that said the internal tracking poll was conducted Tuesday through Thursday. It was comprised of 935 interviews and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points, the campaign said.
The campaign also said those who had heard about the John Doe investigation that has ensnared former Walker aides from his time as Milwaukee County exec preferred Barrett 52-46. It also argued the awareness of the investigation was increasing. Twenty-five percent of respondents said they had heard "a lot" about the investigation Wednesday night; that number jumped to 37 perecent Thursday night.
-- By JR Ross
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