- The Washington Times - Wednesday, October 30, 2024

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Days before the election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are locked in a dead heat in Wisconsin.

The final preelection Marquette University Law School poll of likely voters showed Ms. Harris with a 48%-47% lead over Mr. Trump, with 5% undecided.

When the undecided voters were asked to choose, they split relatively evenly, with Ms. Harris climbing to 50% and Mr. Trump 49%.

“This is a little bit tighter than we were a month ago, the end of September when it was a 4-point Harris lead,” said Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette Law School Poll.

Wisconsin is one of the marquee states this election cycle. It’s part of the blue wall states, including Michigan and Pennsylvania, that tend to vote Democrat but backed Mr. Trump in the 2016 race.

When third-party candidates are included in the new Marquette poll, Ms. Harris leads Mr. Trump 46%-44%, with the remaining votes divided among Libertarian Party nominee Chase Oliver, Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who ran as an independent before endorsing Mr. Trump in August.

“It should not surprise anyone if Donald Trump wins and it should not surprise anyone if Kamala Harris wins,” Mr. Franklin said.

The poll, conducted from Oct. 16-24, included 834 registered voters and had a 4.4% margin of error.

• Seth McLaughlin can be reached at smclaughlin@washingtontimes.com.

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