A new poll finds presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden
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The latest Marquette University poll finds Biden with 49 percent support and Trump at 44 percent among all registered voters. That has mostly not changed since the same interview in June, when Biden led by 6 points.
Among likely voters in Wisconsin, Biden leads by a margin of 48 to 42 percent, a slightly closer race than the same poll in June, when he led by 8 points.
Pollsters found that Democrats and Republicans voted equally, with about two-thirds of each party saying they were excited to vote. Only 37 percent of independents say they are excited to vote.
Forty-six percent of voters also say they plan to hold their election in person on election day, compared to 35 percent who say they will vote absent and 12 percent who will vote early and in person.
About two-thirds of Republicans say they will vote in person on election day, while a majority of Democrats, 55 percent, say they will take advantage of voting.
The Marquette University poll of 801 registered voters was conducted from August 4 to August 9 and has an error margin of 3.9 percentage points. The poll of 675 likely voters has a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.
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