An internal poll done by the union-backed We Are Wisconsin group shows a tighter race between Gov. Scott Walker and Tom Barrett than was indicated in several polls that came out last week. The most recent poll, conducted by Greenberg Quislan Rosner Research, a Democratic polling firm, shows Walker leading Barrett, 50 percent to 47 percent, well within the margin of error. That displays a better outlook for Democrats than last week?s round of polls, all of which showed the governor leading Barrett in the June 5 recall election by five or six points.
If a campaign?s own polls show its candidate performing poorly, it usually simply won?t report them, says Charles Franklin, the pollster who conducts the Marquette University Law School poll.