Our friend Drew Savicki<\/a> has the 270 to Win write-up on the state that probably turned the tide in 2016<\/a>, and has been very much in the news lately:<\/p>\n

Joe Biden, for his part, has promised not to repeat the mistakes of Hillary Clinton and has aggressively courted the state. Although polling got the state wrong in 2016, there is reason for optimism among Democrats. A recent poll from the highly-regarded Marquette University Law School found Joe Biden\u2019s favorability to be a net -2, whereas Trump\u2019s is way down at -12. Marquette\u2019s findings really sum up the difference from 2016: Biden is a much more popular candidate than Clinton and Trump\u2019s vote share continues to track closely with his favorability numbers, suggesting he\u2019s having trouble getting people who dislike him to vote for him.<\/p>\n

President Trump has tried to link Biden to the riots and protests in Kenosha but polls show voters don\u2019t associate him with them and are likely to blame President Trump instead. In that same Marquette poll, 54% of likely voters disapprove of Trump\u2019s handling of the protests.<\/p>\n

For Biden to carry the Badger State he must win back Obama\/Trump voters, particularly in western and southeastern Wisconsin. As Crystal Ball editor J. Miles Coleman pointed out recently, northern Wisconsin might be a region to watch this time. Biden has consistently polled better than Clinton with older voters, and northern Wisconsin, though it\u2019s taken on an increasingly GOP lean, has a population that skews older. Trump only carried senior voters in Wisconsin 49%-48% in 2016, so if he\u2019s clearly behind with them, it could be problematic. Biden doesn\u2019t need to win back every Obama\/Trump voter in the rural areas, but reducing the Republican margins there is critical to a statewide victory.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do read the whole piece here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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