New poll shows Clinton, Trump leading in Wisconsin

The data comes from the latest Mitchell-FOX 2 Detroit IVR (Interactive Voice Response) survey of 344 March 2016 Michigan Democratic Presidential Primary voters conducted by Mitchell Research and Communications January 25, 2016.

A new Marquette University Law School Poll released Thursday shows Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are leading their party’s primary races, while former U.S. Sen.

But 28 percent of GOP voters said they did not know who they would like to see win. And yet, the poll also found that 56 percent of Republicans consider Trump to be a “good” or “great” candidate. Fifty-seven percent say their local public schools are receiving too little funding from the state, while 30 percent say they receive enough and 7 percent say schools receive more funding than they need. The poll was a wide-open horse race that had all the major candidates of both major parties running against each other, and included most of the top-tiered GOP candidates (however, it did not include and we now think it should have included Jeb Bush). Bernie Sanders of Vermont by 64 percent to 27 percent – a lead that has been typical for the former secretary of state in the Palmetto State campaign. But only 36 percent of state voters say they would like for him to run for another term, while 61 percent would not like to see him run. Ben Carson is backed by 8 percent, with Chris Christie at 5 percent. Of those polled, 31 percent were in favor of the proposal, with 65 percent opposed. Bloomberg has said he would likely run if Donald Trump were the likely Republican nominee and Bernie Sanders were the Democratic nominee. The 51 percent who feel “very” anxious about Trump is significantly higher than Clinton (35 percent), Cruz (26), Sanders (24) or Rubio (18). He also is favored to win New Hampshire’s primary the following week, and 40 years of primary history suggests that kind of momentum is likely impossible to halt.

“Support for Sanders has come from those who are new to the process, but the current poll indicates he is also cutting into Clinton’s lead among die-hard Democratic partisans”, said Monmouth polling director Patrick Murray. Results have a margin of sampling error of 3.5 points, including the design effect, for the full sample, and 4 points for all registered voters.