MADISON — With seven months to go until the 2024 election, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump remain locked in a tight race in Wisconsin, according to the newest Marquette University Law School Poll.

Wisconsin is one of just a handful of contested states that will decide the next presidential contest and as of now, Biden and Trump are just 2 points apart in the battleground state where statewide races are often decided by just a few thousand votes.

Among both registered voters and likely voters, 51% supported Trump while 49% supported Biden. That includes undecided voters (8% of those polled) who were then asked, if they had to choose right now, who they would support. Undecided voters tended to break toward Biden, poll director Charles Franklin noted during Wednesday’s release of the poll.

“If anything, there is a slight movement in Trump’s direction,” Franklin said.

The latest poll surveyed 814 registered voters in Wisconsin between April 3-10. The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 4.8 percentage points, Franklin said. The poll survey makeup was 34% Republican, 31% Democratic and 34% independent — a slightly heavier sample of Republican than on average.

Effect of third-party candidates is minimal

The race changed very little when respondents were given the option of third-party candidates.

With five candidates on the list, 41% of registered voters said they would vote for Trump, while 40% backed Biden.

Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., netted 13% of registered voters, followed by Green Party candidate Jill Stein at 3% and independent candidate Cornel West at 2%.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Marquette poll of Wisconsin voters shows Trump, Biden in tight race