Hillary Clinton has a 7-point lead over Donald Trump in Wisconsin with 20 days left to go until voters cast their ballots, according to a Monmouth University poll released Wednesday.
The Democratic presidential hopeful edges Trump 47 percent-40 percent among likely voters in Wisconsin, up 2 percentage points since Monmouth last surveyed voters in the Midwestern battleground state in late August.
Clinton’s favorability rating has held steady since August, but fewer voters now hold a positive opinion of her Republican opponent than they did earlier this summer. The former secretary of state also carries a significant advantage over Trump when it comes to which candidate voters see as more temperamentally fit to be president: 58 percent said Clinton while 32 percent said Trump.
While Clinton’s lead has grown in the Badger State, Democratic Senate candidate Russ Feingold has seen his own polling advantage shrink since August.
Feingold still holds a sizable 8-point lead over incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, though he carried a 13-point lead two months ago. Johnson has seen a slight improvement in his overall favorability rating, but Feingold remains the more popular candidate.
The poll also asked voters about another Wisconsin Republican, House Speaker Paul Ryan, who recently distanced himself from Trump and encouraged his GOP colleagues to focus on down-ballot races. More than 20 percent of voters in Wisconsin said Ryan has lent too much support to the Republican presidential hopeful, while one-third said he hasn’t been supportive enough.
Nearly 70 percent of Trump supporters said the House speaker should be more supportive of his party’s nominee, compared to 24 percent who said he’s offered an appropriate amount of support. A majority of voters overall said Ryan’s support of Trump has not impacted their opinion of him.
The survey of 403 likely voters in Wisconsin was conducted from Oct. 15-18. Results contain a margin of error plus or minus 4.9 points.
