Marquette Law School Poll: July 22 - 27, 2026

Registered voters, Democratic primary participants only

(Percentages are rounded to whole numbers for reporting of results. Frequencies have been rounded to whole numbers but percentages are calculated based on non-integer weighted sample sizes.)

Results for survey items among all respondents are presented here (unless otherwise indicated). Please note that some questions are only asked of particular groups of respondents. In these instances, the row NAs includes the number and percent of total respondents omitted from the question. These omitted cases are ignored when calculating the Valid and Cumulative percent columns.

Fav/Unfav: Crowley

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of David Crowley, or haven't you heard enough about him yet?
Favorable Unfavorable Haven't heard enough Refused/Web Blank n
Ideology
Conservative/Moderate 21 10 69 0 159
Liberal 26 5 68 1 123
Very Liberal 18 17 65 0 120
Party ID (leaners as independents)
Republican 44 31 25 0 17
Independent 17 10 73 0 146
Democrat 23 9 68 0 238
Race
White (not Hispanic) 20 11 69 0 343
Other 30 8 62 0 58
Age
18-29 23 3 74 0 75
30-44 21 23 55 1 97
45-59 20 12 68 0 104
60+ 25 3 72 0 130
Gender
Male 22 16 61 0 180
Female 21 6 73 0 217
Some other way 10 0 90 0 4
Income
under $50k 22 8 70 0 137
$50k to $99k 18 10 72 0 121
$100k plus 25 13 62 0 144
Region of Wisconsin
Milwaukee 28 14 57 0 160
Madison 23 11 66 0 93
Green Bay / Appleton 19 5 76 0 60
Rest of State 10 6 83 1 88

Dem Primary

In the Democratic primary for Governor, will you vote for
Mandela Barnes Joel Brennan David Crowley Francesca Hong Kelda Roys Haven't decided Refused/Web Blank n
Ideology
Conservative/Moderate 23 3 9 19 4 42 0 159
Liberal 17 2 9 30 1 40 1 123
Very Liberal 6 0 3 74 0 17 0 120
Party ID (leaners as independents)
Republican 25 0 22 36 0 18 0 17
Independent 17 4 8 33 1 37 0 146
Democrat 15 1 6 42 2 33 0 238
Race
White (not Hispanic) 16 2 6 40 1 35 0 343
Other 16 0 16 34 4 29 1 58
Age
18-29 6 0 4 66 3 22 0 75
30-44 9 2 7 51 0 31 0 97
45-59 21 1 9 37 1 31 1 104
60+ 24 3 9 14 5 46 0 130
Gender
Male 13 3 9 40 2 33 0 180
Female 19 1 6 37 1 35 0 217
Some other way 20 0 0 70 0 10 0 4
Income
under $50k 21 0 6 44 1 28 1 137
$50k to $99k 17 4 3 32 3 41 0 121
$100k plus 11 2 12 39 1 34 0 144
Region of Wisconsin
Milwaukee 13 3 8 45 3 28 1 160
Madison 19 1 6 39 2 33 0 93
Green Bay / Appleton 18 0 5 36 0 41 0 60
Rest of State 19 1 8 30 0 42 0 88

Second Choice

Who would be your second choice in the Democratic primary for governor?
Mandela Barnes Joel Brennan David Crowley Francesca Hong Kelda Roys Haven't decided n
Ideology
Conservative/Moderate 16 15 22 8 9 30 92
Liberal 16 4 5 11 13 50 73
Very Liberal 25 1 9 7 16 43 100
Party ID (leaners as independents)
Republican 46 24 30 0 0 0 14
Independent 12 9 8 15 9 47 92
Democrat 22 3 14 5 16 40 158
Race
White (not Hispanic) 18 7 14 9 13 38 224
Other 26 1 6 3 10 53 40
Age
18-29 16 1 15 5 10 53 59
30-44 31 8 11 8 16 27 67
45-59 17 11 11 4 7 50 71
60+ 15 7 14 16 17 31 70
Gender
Male 20 7 9 10 16 38 120
Female 19 6 17 7 10 42 140
Some other way 30 0 0 22 0 48 4
Income
under $50k 15 3 12 7 16 46 98
$50k to $99k 28 7 12 10 12 31 72
$100k plus 18 9 14 8 9 42 95
Region of Wisconsin
Milwaukee 14 8 11 6 20 42 115
Madison 30 10 9 9 6 36 63
Green Bay / Appleton 22 4 16 12 7 39 36
Rest of State 17 0 19 12 8 44 51

Lean (among undecided)

If you had to choose now, which candidate are you leaning towards?
Mandela Barnes Joel Brennan David Crowley Francesca Hong Kelda Roys Haven't decided Refused/Web Blank n
Ideology
Conservative/Moderate 16 8 12 20 6 37 1 67
Liberal 11 3 7 23 3 54 0 50
Very Liberal 16 7 13 27 18 18 0 20
Party ID (leaners as independents)
Republican 6 26 17 13 0 39 0 3
Independent 8 6 13 28 2 43 1 54
Democrat 19 5 8 19 10 39 0 79
Race
White (not Hispanic) 13 6 11 26 7 37 0 119
Other 24 5 2 0 0 69 0 17
Age
18-29 8 0 0 11 20 61 0 16
30-44 15 9 8 32 1 35 0 30
45-59 14 12 2 17 7 49 0 32
60+ 17 3 19 23 5 32 1 60
Gender
Male 10 9 7 20 10 44 0 60
Female 17 4 12 24 4 38 1 76
Some other way 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0
Income
under $50k 16 5 5 12 2 60 0 38
$50k to $99k 7 7 19 27 8 32 1 49
$100k plus 19 6 6 26 9 34 0 49
Region of Wisconsin
Milwaukee 15 9 6 24 2 44 0 44
Madison 11 1 26 16 18 27 2 31
Green Bay / Appleton 21 9 8 15 3 43 0 25
Rest of State 10 5 3 31 5 46 0 37

Primary choice with leaners

Democratic primary choice, including leaners
Mandela Barnes Joel Brennan David Crowley Francesca Hong Kelda Roys Haven't decided Refused/Web Blank n
Ideology
Conservative/Moderate 30 7 14 27 6 16 0 159
Liberal 21 3 12 40 2 22 1 123
Very Liberal 9 1 5 79 4 3 0 120
Party ID (leaners as independents)
Republican 26 5 25 38 0 7 0 17
Independent 20 6 12 44 2 16 0 146
Democrat 21 2 9 49 6 13 0 238
Race
White (not Hispanic) 21 4 10 49 4 13 0 343
Other 23 2 16 34 4 20 1 58
Age
18-29 8 0 4 68 7 13 0 75
30-44 14 5 9 61 0 11 0 97
45-59 25 5 10 42 3 15 1 104
60+ 31 4 18 25 7 15 0 130
Gender
Male 17 6 11 46 6 15 0 180
Female 25 2 11 46 3 13 1 217
Some other way 20 0 10 70 0 0 0 4
Income
under $50k 25 1 8 47 1 17 1 137
$50k to $99k 20 7 11 43 6 13 0 121
$100k plus 18 4 14 48 4 12 0 144
Region of Wisconsin
Milwaukee 17 6 10 51 3 12 1 160
Madison 23 1 15 44 8 9 1 93
Green Bay / Appleton 27 4 8 42 2 17 0 60
Rest of State 23 3 10 43 2 19 0 88

Heard about Evers’ endorsement

Have you heard that Gov. Tony Evers has endorsed David Crowley?
Yes, have heard No, have not heard n
Ideology
Conservative/Moderate 57 43 159
Liberal 59 41 123
Very Liberal 70 30 120
Party ID (leaners as independents)
Republican 72 28 17
Independent 53 47 146
Democrat 66 34 238
Race
White (not Hispanic) 64 36 343
Other 44 56 58
Age
18-29 53 47 75
30-44 63 37 97
45-59 71 29 104
60+ 59 41 130
Gender
Male 74 26 180
Female 51 49 217
Some other way 72 28 4
Income
under $50k 53 47 137
$50k to $99k 59 41 121
$100k plus 71 29 144
Region of Wisconsin
Milwaukee 61 39 160
Madison 72 28 93
Green Bay / Appleton 60 40 60
Rest of State 53 47 88

Endorsement significance

Does Gov. Evers’ endorsement of Crowley make you more likely to support Crowley, less likely or doesn’t it make any difference?
More likely Less likely Doesn't make any difference n
Ideology
Conservative/Moderate 38 9 53 159
Liberal 47 6 47 123
Very Liberal 20 12 68 120
Party ID (leaners as independents)
Republican 41 15 44 17
Independent 28 9 63 146
Democrat 40 8 52 238
Race
White (not Hispanic) 35 8 56 343
Other 37 13 49 58
Age
18-29 22 6 73 75
30-44 24 16 60 97
45-59 42 11 47 104
60+ 47 3 50 130
Gender
Male 33 14 53 180
Female 38 5 57 217
Some other way 39 0 61 4
Income
under $50k 36 11 53 137
$50k to $99k 38 6 56 121
$100k plus 34 9 57 144
Region of Wisconsin
Milwaukee 28 14 58 160
Madison 29 6 65 93
Green Bay / Appleton 48 1 51 60
Rest of State 49 8 43 88