Joe Biden and Donald Trump both won primaries in four states, including the key battleground state of Wisconsin.
Biden and Trump already have enough delegates to win their respective nominations, with hundreds of delegates expected to be up for grabs on Tuesday in Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and Wisconsin. are collecting. But turnout could provide further clues about November’s general election.
Voters also had the opportunity to express their dissatisfaction with the candidates. Connecticut and Rhode Island gave voters the opportunity to vote “no-commit” in their primaries, while Wisconsin offered a similar “no-commit” option. The Wisconsin Democratic Party has called for “undirected delegation” turnout after progressive activists launched a campaign urging voters to withhold their support to protest the U.S. president’s handling of the war in Gaza. Will be keeping an eye on it.
The “Listen to Wisconsin” campaign builds on similar efforts in states like Michigan and Minnesota, and is targeting not only some rank-and-file union members but also low-wage and immigrant workers in the state. It has also received support from influential groups.
These voters represent key constituencies that Biden will need to win support in November, even if he won in Wisconsin, where Biden defeated Trump by just 0.6 percentage points in 2020. Any drop in the rate could cause difficulties for him. In 2016, the former president defeated Hillary Clinton. He has a lead of about 0.8 points in Wisconsin and hopes to repeat the same result this fall.
Polls close at 8 p.m. ET in Connecticut and Rhode Island, and at 9 p.m. ET in New York and Wisconsin, with results available shortly thereafter and Mr. Biden soon to know where he stands in the battleground states. will be better understood.
With the presidential nominee already decided, Wisconsin Republicans are focusing more on two voting measures related to election administration in the state. The first measure raises the issue of abolishing the use of private funds in election administration, and the second requires that only election officials designated by law perform their duties in conducting primaries, elections, and referendums. The question is whether it can be carried out.
Republicans have encouraged supporters to vote “yes” on both bills after legislative efforts to change election rules were repeatedly blocked by Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. Republican leaders sharply criticized the grant that Wisconsin election officials received from the nonprofit Center for Tech and Civic Life in 2020 to help them cope with the challenges of navigating the coronavirus pandemic. expressed.
These leaders have derided the grants as “Zuckerbucks,” which Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan received in 2020 to support election offices across the United States. It is named after the $350 million donated to this nonprofit organization.
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Republicans say such funding should be eliminated to ensure voter confidence in election results, but Democrats argue that if such a measure were approved, they would already be stretched thin with budget cuts. It warns that the resources of government agencies that are currently in use may be exhausted. Regarding the second ballot question, Democrats say the wording is ambiguous; accused Republicans are trying to intimidate nonpartisan voting rights groups from regular registration and voting activities in the state.
“Instead of working to ensure that officials have the resources they need to administer elections, Republicans are pushing through nonsense amendments to satisfy Donald Trump,” Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler said in a statement last month. “
“Thanks to Wisconsin’s long-standing laws and the dedicated service of thousands of election workers in municipalities across the state, our elections are safe and secure. Donald on 2020 Defeat Trump’s lies should not dictate the content of our state constitution.”
