Reviewed polling evidence · starting profile

Wisconsin school funding and property-tax tradeoffs

Baseline proposition: Reducing property taxes is more important than increasing public-school spending

Evidence outcome: Support

The deterministic population-consensus-without-cross-poll-averaging.v1 method classified the reviewed evidence as support for the stated baseline proposition. It did not average unlike polls or establish a campaign position.

What this does not mean

This profile reports reviewed public-opinion evidence for the exact proposition above. It is not factual proof that benefits or costs prevail, a participant mandate, a policy recommendation, or an official campaign position. Recommendation: none. Campaign position: not established.

Published exact Wisconsin registered-voter opinion context under the approved POLL-001 batch. Each proposition, population, uncertainty, wording limitation, missing voice, and no-position boundary remains separate.

Adults age 18 or older who were currently registered to vote in Wisconsin or planned to register.

Which is more important to you: reduce property taxes or increase spending on public schools?

Reducing property taxes: 58%
Increasing spending on public schools: 41%
Don't know: 0%
Refused: 1%

Source and fieldwork

Marquette Law School Poll registered-voter toplines, July 8-16, 2026. Marquette University Law School; sponsored by Marquette Law School. 419 respondents, fielded July 8, 2026 through July 16, 2026. Evidence is current.

Official toplines · Official methodology

Method boundary

Directions apply only to the exact baseline proposition and do not establish a candidate position.

Reported margin of error is plus or minus 6.2 percentage points; sampling error is only one potential source of error.

Sampling, weighting, and limitations

Sampling: Full-probability hybrid Wisconsin registration-based sample and probability-based SSRS Opinion Panel, administered by web and live-interviewer telephone in English.

Weighting: Design weighting, source-specific nonresponse adjustment, compositing, and calibration to Wisconsin registered-voter demographic, 2020 presidential-result, and partisanship benchmarks.

Published percentages are rounded to whole numbers.
The survey was administered in English only by web and live-interviewer telephone.
Question wording, nonresponse, mode, order, measurement, and other unmeasured errors may affect the result.
Forced tradeoff; does not measure combined policies or acceptable funding levels.
The statewide registered-voter result remains separate from affected-community evidence and member results.

Missing voices

Students and families by district
Educators and school staff
Property taxpayers and renters
Districts with different tax bases and special-education costs

Conflicts

No conflict exists within the single admitted item. That does not establish broader agreement or replace missing evidence.

Reproducibility record

Method: population-consensus-without-cross-poll-averaging.v1
As of: 2026-08-25T18:50:25Z
Profile version: aa40a183-8e0c-5317-af8d-b347529ddf36
Profile digest: sha256:bd3ad9ac0e14120a5457661ab3d40df1cb8004e77ea10f9e91bfd4f90ed088eb
Issue version digest: sha256:75fdf47707d3c91f6397b81b2efcb7bbe22a2fa88849194941a86ac3a22940a7
Published: 2026-08-25T19:36:47.004886Z