The Republican Party is shifting its attention to Milwaukee, a city that will host both the first GOP primary debate on Wednesday and the party's nominating convention next summer.
A supporter of Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels points to incoming election data on Nov. 8, 2022, in Milwaukee. When Republican candidates for president gather for their first debate Wednesday in Milwaukee, the spotlight will not only be on them, but Wisconsin's role as one of a shrinking handful of genuine battleground states.A supporter of Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels points to incoming election data on Nov. 8, 2022, in Milwaukee.
"Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton by about 23,000 votes," Walker said in an interview."Four years later, it was even closer with about a 20,000-vote margin. So you're talking about a handful of voters across a state of about 6 million people making up the difference between who carries the 10 Electoral College votes and who doesn't."Wisconsin has been at the center of some critical moments in the past few elections.
"The thing everyone should understand about Wisconsin is that it is, most of the time, incredibly close, even when you think it can't possibly be close," said Ben Wikler, chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party."Four of the last six presidential elections have had margins of victory under 1 percentage point."There are the dairy-farming, soybean-growing rural areas in the north and west — deep red and heavily backing Trump.
Analysts like Charles Franklin, the director of the Marquette Law School poll, say those suburban areas are becoming more diverse and voters there are far more skeptical of Trump. They are also rejecting GOP positions on things like abortion and culture issues. "What's good about Wisconsin and what is our ace in the back of our pocket is that the Supreme Court races helped to register turnout and draw the contrast on abortion," Lake said."And that just has to be tapped into again. It doesn't have to be created."
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