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Taylor close in county exec polling
http://www.onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/politics121907.html
Dec. 19, 2007

A recent poll shows that state Sen. Lena Taylor just might have a shot at beating Scott Walker in the Milwaukee County Executive's race. The Mellman Group, a Democratic polling outfit, found Taylor trails Walker by a 41 percent to 35 percent margin, with 24 percent undecided.

But what gives Taylor's camp more hope is that Walker earned negatives from 49 percent of those polled. The group surveyed 400 likely spring election voters. It also found that among those who knew both candidates, Taylor eked out a 55 percent to 31 percent lead. Only 33 percent of those surveyed believed that "things in Milwaukee County are moving in the right direction" while 49 percent believe there are "pretty seriously off on the wrong track."

"The evidence is clear," reads a statement from the Taylor crew. "Scott Walker is vulnerable, and Lena Taylor is just the person to restore accountability and responsibility to the Milwaukee County Executive's Office."

In the Walker Weekly campaign newsletter, the Walker camp dismisses the pollsters as "leftists" and suggest that "the leftists' own polling shows that the number of people who believe that things in Milwaukee County are going in the RIGHT direction increased a full 10 percentage points from August to December!"