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Snellius

(6,881 posts) Mon Jan 28, 2019, 04:24 PM Jan 2019

Latest polling data point to major re-election challenges for Trump in Wisconsin

Source: Journal Sentinel

With less than two years to go before the 2020 election, President Donald Trump faces an uphill climb in winning a second victory in Wisconsin, a battleground that will be at the epicenter of the next presidential campaign.

Here are three major takeaways from a statewide poll of 800 registered voters released Thursday by the Marquette Law School, its first survey since the 2018 election:

High disapproval. Right now, Trump has a precarious path to victory in Wisconsin, a state he won by less than one point in 2016. His approval rating is 44 percent — higher than it is in most national polls, but lower than it was here last fall and weighted down by the unpopular government shutdown that just ended.

More importantly, polls throughout his presidency have consistently shown that close to half the potential electorate is dug in against him. In the Marquette survey taken Jan. 16-20, 52 percent disapprove of his job performance, 46 percent “strongly” disapprove and 49 percent say they will “definitely vote for someone else” in the next presidential election. That doesn’t mean Trump is doomed to lose. But it means his window for victory is a very tight one.

Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/01/27/donald-trump-polling-data-point-re-election-challenges-wisconsin-president-2020/2689401002/

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Latest polling data point to major re-election challenges for Trump in Wisconsin (Original Post) Snellius Jan 2019 OP

People in Wisconsin aren't the brightest. Still In Wisconsin Jan 2019 #1

Still, I love you, but I'm so tired of folks calling us dumb LakeArenal Jan 2019 #4

I am including myself. But facts don't lie... Wisconsin voted for TRUMP, RonJon, Walker three times Still In Wisconsin Jan 2019 #12

I hope the Democratic Party actually... dubyadiprecession Jan 2019 #2

"His window for victory is a very tight one." Dave Starsky Jan 2019 #3

Good, he needs to lose Michigan, Ohio, and PA too IronLionZion Jan 2019 #5

His challenge is to stay in office till 2020. oldsoftie Jan 2019 #6

Do the Democrats have a possible candidate who polls strongly in Wisconsin/Michigan area? Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #7

This is fucking absurd! Greybnk48 Jan 2019 #8

"His window for victory is a very tight one." Dave Starsky Jan 2019 #9

He never won WI The Liberal Lion Jan 2019 #10

Goddamn right Lion! We need to stop pretending it didn't happen. n/t Greybnk48 Jan 2019 #11

Wisconsites have awoken. yes, we. have. riversedge Jan 2019 #13

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)

1. People in Wisconsin aren't the brightest.

Reply to Snellius (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 04:39 PM

Jan 2019

But maybe, just maybe, we're starting to see the light. At least a little... maybe?

LakeArenal

(28,835 posts)

4. Still, I love you, but I'm so tired of folks calling us dumb

Reply to Still In Wisconsin (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 04:55 PM

Jan 2019

Or WI got what they deserve.

We’ve worked very hard against a rigged game and are making progress.

I realize you included yourself in the comment. So I know you aren’t meaning to be hurtful.

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)

12. I am including myself. But facts don't lie... Wisconsin voted for TRUMP, RonJon, Walker three times

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 11:40 PM

Jan 2019

We're not the brightest bunch, collectively.

dubyadiprecession

(5,720 posts)

2. I hope the Democratic Party actually...

Reply to Snellius (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 04:49 PM

Jan 2019

Has polster volunteers walk precincts this time.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)

3. "His window for victory is a very tight one."

Reply to Snellius (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 04:54 PM

Jan 2019

He sucks, period. Everyone knows it. His cultists know it, but they don't care. His cultists are outnumbered by the rest of us by a two-to-one margin, at the very least.

But I can understand why the Journal Sentinel might want to pretend that the next election will be an exciting horse race.

IronLionZion

(45,494 posts)

5. Good, he needs to lose Michigan, Ohio, and PA too

Reply to Snellius (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 05:00 PM

Jan 2019

the Dems need to win a major landslide blue wave that shames the Trump name for all of history

oldsoftie

(12,583 posts)

6. His challenge is to stay in office till 2020.

Reply to Snellius (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 05:04 PM

Jan 2019

If he does that, he wont run for reelection because he wont want to be a LOSER

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

7. Do the Democrats have a possible candidate who polls strongly in Wisconsin/Michigan area?

Reply to Snellius (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 05:42 PM

Jan 2019

As well as Pennsylvania?

Greybnk48

(10,170 posts)

8. This is fucking absurd!

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 28, 2019, 05:56 PM

Jan 2019

If he's not in prison for treason, or dead by 2020, we have a LOT more to worry about than the Wisconsin election (which may not be rig-able by then)!! We may need to learn to speak Russian.