Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 6 points in Wisconsin, a state that plays a central role in Trump’s efforts to expand his path to the requisite 270 electoral votes, according to a new poll.
Clinton is holding steady with 46 percent support to Trump’s 40 percent in the new Marquette Law School poll, a similar result to Marquette’s previous poll taken in early October, in which she lead by 7 points.
The poll was taken before and after the news that the FBI is looking into newly-discovered emails found on devices owned by Anthony Weiner and top Clinton aide Huma Abedin. However, the news did not have much impact on her numbers in the poll, despites Trump’s level of support jumping with Republicans following the announcement.
The poll of 1,255 likely voters was taken from Oct. 26-31 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
Trump himself campaigned in Eau Claire, Wis., on Tuesday night, where he was joined by Gov. Scott Walker, Sen. Ron Johnson and RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, all of whom are native Wisconsinites.
Notably, House Speaker Paul Ryan was absent from the event, citing his already planned stops for various House and Senate GOP candidates.
At the event, Trump urged those who have voted early and have “buyer’s remorse” to switch their vote, which is possible in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Minnesota. Among those who have voted early, 64 percent back Clinton while only 25 percent back Trump.
In the state’s Senate contest, Johnson has closed the gap on former Sen. Russ Feingold and only trails by 1 point with less than a week until election day. This would represent a stunning turnaround for the GOP incumbent, who trailed throughout the race, but has seen it tighten in recent weeks.
Feingold still leads Johnson by over 6 points, according to the latest RealClearPolitics average.
