Donald Trump’s aides and allies are moving aggressively to shore up his support in three Rust Belt states that propelled him to the presidency — but where his own polling shows him in trouble heading into 2020. … The Trump campaign recently completed a 17-state polling project that concluded the […] Read more »
Trump Has a Strong Economy to Proclaim. In Wisconsin, It Just Might Work.
President Trump came to Wisconsin late last month to boast about the state’s unemployment rate, which has been at or near 3 percent for more than a year. “It’s never been this low before. Ever, ever, ever,” he said. (Fact check: true.) … The message of a thriving economy — […] Read more »
Sanders releases internal poll showing lead over Trump in PA, WI and MI
Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign is releasing new internal polling that shows him leading President Donald Trump in hypothetical matchups in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. CONT. Shaquille Brewster & Ben Kamisar, NBC News Read more »
Wisconsin, Ground Zero for 2020 Politics, Looks Like a Tossup Again
… For Democrats, an intense effort to rebuild their Midwestern “blue wall” for 2020 is showing gains in Michigan and Pennsylvania, both of which President Trump captured in 2016. On Tuesday, Democrats flipped a key Pennsylvania State Senate seat that Republicans had long held outside Pittsburgh. But in Wisconsin, the […] Read more »
What makes Wisconsin swing?
… For the past seven years, our Communication and Civic Renewal research group has been studying contentious politics in Wisconsin. We are particularly interested in how the state’s communication ecology interacts with political, economic and social contexts to affect how people engage in politics. The graphs below show that people’s […] Read more »
Donald Trump still shows some strength in the Midwest heading into 2020
… A Des Moines Register poll puts President Donald Trump’s approval rating in Iowa at 46%, while his disapproval rating in the same poll is at 50%. This mirrors a year-long Gallup poll in Iowa which has Trump’s approval rating at 45% and his disapproval rating at 51%. … There’s […] Read more »