Hong Leads Democratic Primary for Governor Once Again in New Marquette Poll
38% support Hong, 16% support Barnes, 7% support Crowley.
Francesca Hong speaks to the Milwaukee Club. Photo by Graham Kilmer.
The upheaval within the Democratic primary for governor was so significant that Marquette University Law School had to release two surveys of Wisconsin voters in one week. The latest results show democratic socialist Francesca Hong has pulled away from her remaining four challengers.
The Marquette poll asked 407 Democratic primary voters from July 22 through July 27 about who they support for governor. It was a bit of a do-over for Marquette pollster Charles Franklin and his team because their survey just weeks before was disrupted when Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez dropped out of the race, with Crowley relaunching his campaign soon after.
The current slate of candidates remained intact while the latest Marquette Survey was in the field. Of the respondents, 38 percent said they’d vote for Hong on August 11. That’s a 12 point jump from last week’s Marquette results, which included Rodriguez. Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes came in a distant second with 16 percent. Crowley’s relaunch didn’t appear to have caught respondents attention, as just 7 percent said they’d vote for him. Because he dropped out when Marquette’s last survey was in the field, he wasn’t included in last week’s results.
State Sen. Kelda Roys, D-Madison, and Former Department of Administration Secretary Joel Brennan were tied in last place with just two percent of respondents supporting them in the newest Marquette survey.
There’s been a plurality of polls in the final days of the August 11 primary race and they’ve all shown Hong ahead. The largest margin for her came in a poll released Tuesday by nonprofit State Navigate, which was funded by two liberal groups. The survey showed Hong with a commanding 44 percent among Democratic respondents, compared to 15 percent for Crowley and 14 percent for Barnes.
Whoever emerges from Democrats’ primary will likely compete in the general election with Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, who isn’t facing any major GOP primary challengers. As Democrats’ wide field has split donor resources, Republicans have united behind Tiffany, helping him raise more than $8 million in his latest campaign finance report.
Hong leads Democratic primary for governor once again in new Marquette poll was originally published by Wisconsin Public Radio.
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Hong has led in all polls from the start. The people in Wisconsin are ready for change. That includes the people up north in the red counties as well as the people in our cities. We have all been savaged by the policies of the Republicans. We are all suffering from the high prices, tariffs, and loss of health care. Let us stop thinking that those who supported Republicans in the past will blindly keep doing so. Pain is pain and no one likes pain. Francesca Hong is not only very electable, she will be elected.
I agree KWH, but her supporters must do our part, volunteer, and spread the truth about her ideas! This will not be an effortless victory.
A vote for Hong is a vote for Tiffany. There is Milwaukee and there is Madison. And then there is the rest of the state. The only person who can beat Tiffany in “the rest of the state” is Joel Brennan. All the Democratic nominees have something to offer and are good men and women. But Joel Brennan is the only one who can beat Tiffany. We must not let Tiffany/Trump win. Vote Brennan.
Downtown- Found the Milwaukee suit wearer! You couldn’t be more wrong, and Brennan never put up the money or effort to get himself in front of voters to overcome his lack of name recognition. He needs to get out NOW.
Went up North yesterday, and there are no signs for anyone – GOP, Dem or anyone. One thing Hong understands more than hack Dem consultants is that if you have people showing they support you with yard signs and online discussions, others will pay attention and follow along. If Brennan or Crowley or someone else wanted to grab attention from the other part of the state, they should be blanketing the airwaves and highways here. But dumb consultants (and Downtown definitely seems to know these types) tell them otherwise.
Friends returning from a trip to central Wisconsin said they’d seen Hong signs galore. I agree with KWH. Well stated! As Mr. Dylan sang: “And the times they are a changin’ “
Hong is my pick though I think her support for the
insane DSA platform gives Republicans the advantage.
So it appears the die is cast.
I will do everything I can to support her candidacy.
A Republican governor now would be a catastrophic.
Well, good thing we know that Downtown calls himself that because that’s where we works every day wearing a suit. Which means his type has been DEAD WRONG about this race since Day 1.
Look, if Brennan had the stuff, the suits would have paid for ads blanketing the state and he would have worked more to get his name out there. I’m up North today, and there were few if any signs for anyone in most of the state, so if they wanted to get their name out there, it would be easy to do. But he didn’t, and it’s too late now. Besides, if you think a white person is needed, Roys is much better and fires up voters more.
Neither Roys or Brenna are going to get past double digits in support, so it’s Crowley or Hong. I’d pick Crowley as a better candidate for Dems, but no matter who wins, ALL decent people need to get behind whoever wins the primary on Aug 11, because Tiffany would be a disaster for this state.