Question: If the 2006 election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Jim Doyle, the Democrat, or Mark Green, the Republican?

Jim Doyle (D) 48%
Mark Green (R) 38%
Undecided 14%

Poll Demographics
Men 282 (48%)
Women 318 (52%)

Democrats 223 (37%)
Republicans 215 (36%)
Independents/Other 162 (27%)

About this Poll
The WISC-TV Poll was conducted from August 14 through August 16, 2006 by Research 2000. It was paid for by WISC-TV (CBS, Madison). A total of 600 likely voters who vote regularly in state elections were interviewed statewide by telephone.

Those interviewed were selected by the random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers. A cross-section of exchanges was utilized in order to ensure an accurate reflection of the state. Quotas were assigned to reflect the voter registration of distribution by county.

The margin for error, according to standards customarily used by statisticians, is no more than plus or minus 4% percentage points. This means that there is a 95 percent probability that the “true” figure would fall within that range if the entire population were sampled. The margin for error is higher for any subgroup, such as for gender or party affiliation.