GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – As the election year gets rolling, people around the country have their eyes on which way Wisconsin will vote this November.
After Wisconsin went politically red for a president for the first time since Ronald Reagan in 1984, both parties are focusing in on the state for the 2020 election.
“Both parties see this as central to the reelection chances. Democrats decided to place their national convention in Milwaukee, not a city that would normally be a primary candidate for such an event,” says UW Oshkosh Political Science Professor Jim Simmons.
The Democratic National Convention will be held in Milwaukee from July 13th-16th.
The electoral votes in swing states always make the difference in national elections, but Wisconsin’s ten electoral votes pack an extra punch. Something that was proven in the 2016 presidential results.
“There are other swing states – Iowa, Arizona, Florida – but all things being equal the key is going to be the midwestern states, especially Wisconsin,” Simmons tells WTAQ News, “Among the swing states that gave Donald Trump the election in the Midwest last time – even if Michigan and Pennsylvania were to swing back to the Democrats and nothing else happens – Trump will win the election by carrying Wisconsin.”
The 2020 Wisconsin Democratic primary will be held on April 7th. The Wisconsin primary is an open primary, with the state awarding 90 delegates, of which 77 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.
The presidential election is set for November 3rd.
