Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is 5 points behind his Democratic opponent in new poll

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) does not look to be in great shape four days ahead of the midterm elections.

A poll released Friday by Emerson College shows Walker's Democratic opponent, Tony Evers, in the lead by five points among likely voters, with Evers capturing 51 percent support and Walker earning 46 percent. Although this is quite close, some slight good news for Walker is that this is down from a seven-point lead Evers maintained in an Emerson poll from July, and a 10-point lead in an NBC News/Marist poll from last month.

Still, the results demonstrate that Walker is dangerously close to being voted out of office — his unfavorable rating in the survey is 50 percent. The best poll Walker has seen in the past few months has still only shown him up by one point, while Evers has maintained a lead of between two and 13 points in others. The Cook Political Report classifies this race as a tossup, while FiveThirtyEight gives Evers a 60.2 percent chance of defeating the two-term governor.

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The Emerson College poll was conducted by speaking to 604 likely voters from Oct. 29 to Oct. 31. The margin of error is +/- 4.1 percentage points.