On Oct. 31, Marquette University Law School (MU) released its final poll before the 2018 midterm elections. Overall, numbers remained largely the same as in the previous poll. Incumbent Attorney General Brad Schimel is still up, but his lead has narrowed to a two point race. Schimel led Democrat opponent Josh Kaul by four points earlier in October and seven points in September.
In this poll, Kaul’s favorable/unfavorable numbers improved slightly to 16 percent favorable and 12 percent unfavorable, up from 10 percent favorable and 8 percent unfavorable in the previous poll. On the other hand, Schimel’s favorable ratings decreased to 29 percent favorable and 25 percent unfavorable from 32 percent favorable and 22 percent unfavorable in the previous poll.
Kaul’s name recognition has also begun to improve slightly from the previous two polls, in which around 67 percent of voters hadn’t heard enough about him to form an opinion. However, this poll showed 56 percent still haven’t heard enough about Kaul, compared to 33 percent who haven’t heard enough about Schimel.
This poll is the last snapshot of voter opinions before they head to the polls on Tuesday, but still anything can happen to shift the outcome of the election in the next few days.