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WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) – The latest Marquette Law Poll is out, and both former President Trump and President Biden are running neck and neck in the Badger State, with Trump having just a slight edge following the candidates’ run-away Tuesday night spring election victories for their respective parties.
According to the poll, both candidates polled at 50%, and Biden has a current lead with likely voters at 52% to 48% over the former President which represented an eight-point swing toward Biden since February. However, when factoring other candidates such as Robert Kennedy Jr. into the race, Trump leads 41% to 38% due to RFK Jr. pulling in 14% of the vote and Cornel West pulling in another 5%.
When it comes to approval ratings for the candidates, 40% of respondents said they felt Biden was doing a good job, while 47% said they felt Trump did a good job during his time in office, but when asked who they would vote for if they disliked both candidates, Biden pulled away 59% to 41% support. However, only 19% of respondents said they disliked both candidates.
When asked about issues such as the economy and illegal immigration, only 5% of respondents stated they believed the U.S. economy is currently excellent, while another 28% said it was good. Overall, 67% of respondents said the economy is either not good or poor. Broken down by party, 87% of Republicans, 80% of Independents, and 43% of Democrats stated that it is either not good or poor. As for illegal immigration, 47% said they strongly agreed with the statement that the Biden administration created the crisis at the border, while 31% somewhat agreed or disagreed with that statement. Former President Trump was seen as better than Biden when it came to handling both issues, while Biden saw leads on issues such as abortion, health care, and Medicare/social security.
On issues such as age, 55% of respondents stated President Biden is too old to be president, while 23% said the same for Trump. Meanwhile, views on the wars in Israel and Ukraine were both unpopular, with 36% of respondents saying the U.S. is giving too much to Ukraine while 41% said too much is being given to Israel, despite responses stating the U.S. isn’t giving enough to either cause seeing small jumps from 27% in February to 32% in March.
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