CHICAGO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – With less than three months remaining until November’s general election, all eyes are on a handful of swing states that experts say will decide the next president of the United States.
Wisconsin is one of those battleground states.
In 2016, former President Donald Trump won Wisconsin by less than one percentage point. Four years later, President Joe Biden turned the state blue by less than one percentage point.
According to the most recent Marquette Law School poll released earlier this month, Trump and his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, are head-to-head in the race for Wisconsin.Harris leads Trump 50%-49% among likely voters, and Trump leads Harris 50%-49% among registered voters.
In an interview with reporters Tuesday on day two of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Governor Tony Evers said Wisconsin voters have a big role to play in this presidential election.
“Wisconsin is a state that we need to make sure Democrats win. And so with us being in Chicago — and we have our main candidates up in the Milwaukee area doing their thing — so it’s an indication of how important Wisconsin is. And I think Wisconsinites should feel proud about this. I’ve always said we’re a purple state, and if we’re going to win this thing, we’re going to win it on the values that our candidates talk about.”
Further proving Wisconsin’s importance in the race for the White House is the sheer number of campaign stops in the Badger State being made by both parties.
In the last two weeks, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance has visited Wisconsin three times, campaigning in Eau Claire, Milwaukee and Kenosha.
Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, were in Eau Claire the same day as Vance. Harris’ husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, recently stumped for his wife in Wausau and Stevens Point, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg campaigned for Harris in Madison.
Additionally, Harris and Walz spoke at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee Tuesday night during a rally and DNC watch party.
Meanwhile, back in Chicago, Wisconsin delegates represented their home state at the DNC by breaking out some special headwear: the cheesehead. Evers was surrounded by those cheesehead-wearing delegates as he announced Wisconsin’s delegates chose Harris as their presidential nominee.
Gov. Tony Evers announces Wisconsin’s delegates chose Vice President Kamala Harris as their presidential nominee. (WLUK)
“You gotta have fun, right? You gotta have fun, and wearing a cheesehead is one of our emblems that we wear proudly. I know some people are going to say, ‘Oh, that’s really corny’ but Wisconsinites gotta have fun and that’s one way of doing it,” Evers joked.
Wisconsin’s delegation at the Republican National Convention, which was held last month in Milwaukee, also wore cheeseheads.
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