This week, Tim Michels campaign told Wispolitics.com that his internal polling had shown him up 9 points in the GOP primary against Rebecca Kleefisch. The survey, which was taken just shortly before Kevin Nicholson pulled out of the race, found that 44% of likely GOP primary voters supported Michels, 35% backed Kleefisch, 11% favored Nicholson, and 0% favored State Rep. Tim Ramthun.
The survey was taken of 600 likely GOP primary voters and was conducted between June 29-July 1st by Public Opinion Strategies. The survey was conducted using live callers over landlines and cellphones and had a margin of error of -4.3%. The campaign additionally said that no messages were read about the candidates before the head-to-head questions were asked. Public Opinion Strategies is rated an A-minus pollster by FiveThirtyEight.
