GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Tomorrow’s (TUE) presidential preference primary in Wisconsin will see a huge turnout — especially now that the Badger State is playing such a pivotal role in deciding who the next President might be.
St. Norbert College political scientist Charley Jacobs says it wasn’t fathomed back in January that come April 5th, Wisconsin would be an important player in deciding who our next President is going to be.
He says it’s all thanks to a combination of outsider candidates resonating with voters and party leaders shooting for a stretched-out primary season.
On Election Day, Jacobs says the Democrat most needing a win is Hillary Clinton…
“you’re fighting for a segment of the democratic base and the liberal base that you desperately need to win in November. so, even though she might not need the delegates, if think the better she does here, the more delegates she pulls, the stronger she looks as a candidate”
On the G-O-P side, Jacobs believes Ted Cruz needs a win in order to remain in the race.
“I don’t think Donald Trump needs them in this state, certainly wants them. I think Cruz desperately needs them to stay in the race”
Jacobs believes while both party establishments may have wanted a longer primary in order to keep voters engaged, they likely didn’t expect the turmoil this election has created.
In the final hours before the primary, Senator Ted Cruz held campaign events in Green Bay on Saturday and Sunday. Democrat Senator Bernie Sanders will hold a rally at the K-I Convention Center in Green Bay today.
Both Cruz and Sanders are in the lead in the most recent Wisconsin political polls.
