Poll shows many don't know about Crawford (D) or Schimel (R) in pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court race
An election that could tip the ideological balance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is less than one month away, but large numbers of Wisconsinites in a new poll say they don’t know enough about the two candidates who are vying for the job.
The Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday surveyed 864 registered voters between Feb. 19 and Feb. 26 and has a margin of error of 4.6 percentage points. It did not ask people who they plan to vote for in the April 1 election.
But the survey did get at how people feel about Dane County Judge Susan Crawford and Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel, the state’s former Republican attorney general. In short, those who know the candidates view them unfavorably, and many voters haven’t heard enough about either to form an opinion.
Among registered voters surveyed, 29 percent had a favorable opinion of Schimel, 32 percent viewed him unfavorably and 38 percent said they don’t know enough. Schimel ran two previous statewide campaigns in Wisconsin, winning his 2014 bid for attorney general and narrowly losing his 2018 campaign.
For Crawford, who is running her first statewide campaign, 19 percent viewed her favorably compared to 23 percent unfavorably and 58 percent saying they don’t have enough information.
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