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Madison Politiscope: 2010 revisited? Barrett trails Walker by 6 points in latest poll

One week after celebrating a landslide victory over Kathleen Falk in the Democratic gubernatorial recall primary, Tom Barrett faces a painful reality: Polls show he trails Gov. Scott Walker by almost the same margin that separated him from Walker in the November 2010 governor?s race. The latest Marquette University Law School poll, conducted by visiting professor Charles Franklin and released Wednesday, shows Walker ahead of Barrett 50 percent to 44 percent, with only 3 percent undecided.