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Poll finds 52% in state oppose train

A narrow majority of Wisconsin residents oppose a planned high-speed train route, but hardly anyone on either side of the issue thinks it should be the state?s top priority, a new poll says.

The Wisconsin Policy Research Institute survey also found only slightly less opposition to electronically collected tolls on interstate highways.

And residents said transportation spending should be the No. 1 target for elected officials seeking to cut the state budget.Ken Goldstein, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, conducted the telephone poll of 615 adult state residents Monday through Wednesday for the Hartland-based conservative think tank. Results have a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.