Wisconsin’s Crucial Role In Presidential Elections

Since its admission to the United States, Wisconsin has participated in 42 presidential elections. Of these elections, Wisconsin predicted the winner roughly 80% of the time.

Wisconsin has also gained a reputation as a swing state, with 10 electoral votes up for grabs that could potentially change the result of the election. In 2016, Donald Trump lost the popular vote but won the Electoral College, in part thanks to Wisconsin. My home region of Northeast Wisconsin, in particular, gave him the election, and I have felt a sort of personal responsibility in ensuring that history does not repeat itself.

It can be discouraging at time, seeing lines of Trump signs, flags, and bumper stickers, people too poor to fund the police and infrastructure with taxes but who apparently have enough money to buy merch from a multibillionaire. However, increasingly I have seen Biden signs in my town, and I think that by election day the signs may be roughly equal in number.

Regarding my first point: Trump is currently trailing in Wisconsin by nearly 10 points, This should not lull us into security, and we must double our efforts to stop "Trump II: The Sequel" (literally a real sign). However, it sure as hell should give us hope, as Wisconsin's crucial role in presidential elections must not be ignored.