MILWAUKEE — Marquette University Law School will release the results of a statewide poll on Tuesday, May 26, at 12:01 a.m. CDT, via electronic distribution and web posting. There will not be an in-person release for this poll.

* Please note that this release is Tuesday, rather than the traditional Wednesday poll release.

A complete news release and poll data, including toplines, crosstabs, and survey instrument, will be distributed and available on the Marquette Law School Poll website Tuesday morning, at 12:01 a.m. Interviews with poll director Charles Franklin will be available virtually or by phone on Tuesday. Media interested in scheduling an interview should contact Kevin Conway, associate director of university communication, at kevin.m.conway@marquette.edu in advance.

The Marquette Law School Poll’s survey of Wisconsin will focus on reaction to the bill, supported by Gov. Tony Evers, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, that would have added funding for special education, reduced property taxes, and provided rebate checks to state income taxpayers, among other things. The poll examines whether the public thinks that the state legislature should have passed the bill, as well as possible fiscal concerns about spending the anticipated budget surplus, reaction to the opposition to the bill by gubernatorial candidates from both parties, and views of Evers’ support for the bill. The poll also asks whether positions taken on this legislation will influence a voter’s choices in November.

The Marquette Law School Poll has achieved considerable renown through its surveys of Wisconsin and the nation more generally. Established in 2012, it has become the most extensive statewide polling project in Wisconsin history, setting the standard for public opinion research in the state. Since 2019, the Law School’s surveys of national public opinion about the U.S. Supreme Court and selected political issues have expanded the work of the poll both geographically and topically.

This work has been nationally recognized for its accuracy and transparency. Among more than 500 pollsters across the United States, for example, the Marquette Law School Poll has been ranked second by Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin. 

Franklin has directed the poll since its inception in 2012. A professor of law and public policy at Marquette Law School, Franklin also served on the ABC News election night Decision Desk from 2002 to 2020. He is a past president of the Society for Political Methodology and an elected fellow of the society; he holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan.

Through public programming such as the Marquette Law School Poll, “On the Issues” conversations with newsmakers, public lectures by leading scholars, conferences on issues of public significance, and the work of its Lubar Center, Marquette Law School seeks to advance civil discourse about law and public policy matters