Posted on 07/22/2020 12:16:40 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
As President Donald Trump’s poll numbers suffer across the country and in Wisconsin — a state critical to his re-election bid — the latest voter registration figures in the state are offering him a small reason for optimism.
According to a review of Wisconsin voter registration data from July, the number of registered voters in the counties Trump won in 2016 has declined by a smaller amount than in the counties that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton won.
The numbers come as reports have found that while the rate of new voter registrations has declined nationally during the pandemic, the people that are registering have tended to be in demographic groups favoring Republicans. Registrations are important since typically, registered voters are more likely to cast a ballot. Unlike many other states, Wisconsinites can register and cast a ballot in person on Election Day, but this year, doing so may be complicated amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Is it the "number of registered voters" that declined or is it the number of new registrations that declined? Reading the rest of the article, I believe it's the latter.
Glimmer of hope meet LANDSLIDE
Great minds think alike.
Here is Biden’s reaction: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjE99aayuHqAhUWmHIEHfsnA-sQwqsBMAB6BAgLEAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dme-BOWwtm2Q&usg=AOvVaw0EKI3IJmJS3j4tccHsrD7E
Trump will win Wisconsin and landslide to re-election. People are waking up to what Democrats stand for and they aren’t liking it. Blacks and Hispanics are seeing through the Liberal lies and lawlessness.
Glimmer of hope?!?!
I have seen nothing to suggest Trump will not carry WI handily.
PA and mail in voter fraud is my biggest personal concern
20,000 vote lead in registrations so far. Expect it to get to around 30,000 by late October.
I don’t think Wisconsin is critical. It would be nice though.
PA, FL, NC, AZ are important.
We can give them back Wisconsin and Michigan and still be okay.
Glimmer of hope meet LANDSLIDE
You got that right!
I believe it is the number of registered voters. Total registered voters is down from 2016.
“In the 60 counties Trump won in 2016, the total number of registered voters declined by 2.35%, or 35,395 voters, between July 2016 and July 2020. But in the 12 counties Clinton won, the number declined by a larger 4.51% during the same period, a decline of 56,590 voters, even though there are almost a million fewer registered voters in those counties.”
“In total, the number of registered voters in July 2020 in the counties that Trump won stood at 2,181,278 voters, down from 2,216,673 in July 2016. In the Clinton counties, the total stood at 1,225,674 registered voters in July of 2020, a drop from 1,282,264 voters in July of 2016.”
I’m more concerned about the Senate and House seats than I am about the President’s seat. I am confident with President Trump, not as much confidence with the GOP.
You are missing the point. Trump will not lose any state he took in 16..
It’s a pipe dream by those in denial, that think he will.
45 probably wins MI and PA so..game over
Instead we should have articles that say Trump has no chance in Wisconsin.
I dunno, I was in Madison a couple of weeks ago and it looks like a smaller San Francisco. A bastion of socialism/communism.
Evers really has helped Trump even though he did his best to make things unliveable here
State Scotus shot his ass down and he hasn’t tried anything else since then, so far
Well, that’s Madison - a den of Liberalism. Like the old story: Kruschev landed in Madison one time. After a couple hours he said, “Get me the hell out of here - too many Commies.”
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