Wisconsin primary may shape elections in key battleground

Aug 10, 2022 View Original Article
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"The next governor and U.S. senator also may sway decisions on issues from abortion to education and taxes."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Voter Gary Steinbrecher, 62, said he cast his ballot Tuesday for Kleefisch because she opposes abortion and has been around for a long time."
Negative
-40% Liberal
"At a rally on Friday, Trump praised Michels as an incredible success story."
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42% Conservative
"Biden won by nearly 21,000 votes, four years after Trump also narrowly won the state by roughly the same margin."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Biden won by nearly 21,000 votes, four years after Trump also narrowly won the state by roughly the same margin."
Positive
8% Conservative
"The candidate Trump endorsed to take on Vos, Adam Steen, has said he would decertify Biden's victory."
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-6% Liberal
"The candidate Trump endorsed to take on Vos, Adam Steen, has said he would decertify Biden's victory."
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-6% Liberal
"GOP state Rep. Tim Ramthun is also making a long-shot bid for governor, and has made rescinding Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes for Biden the centerpiece of his campaign."
Positive
2% Conservative
"He lost the 2004 Senate race to Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold, and has been a major donor to GOP politicians."
Positive
0% Conservative
"In the state's Senate race, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes is the likely Democratic nominee to face Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, one of Trump's most vocal supporters, after Barnes' top rivals dropped out of the race late last month."
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-4% Liberal
"In the state's Senate race, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes is the likely Democratic nominee to face Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, one of Trump's most vocal supporters, after Barnes' top rivals dropped out of the race late last month."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"And Miesota Republicans were expected to choose Dr. Scott Jensen, a COVID-19 vaccine skeptic endorsed by the state GOP, to face Gov. Tim Walz."
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-4% Liberal
"He also thinks she has the best chance of defeating Evers."
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-6% Liberal
"During a campaign stop with Kleefisch last week, Pence said no other gubernatorial candidate in the U.S. is more capable, more experienced, or a more proven conservative."
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-8% Liberal
"Evers has made voting and elections a focus of his own campaign, telling voters he's the only candidate who will defend democracy and we are that close to not having our vote count in the state of Wisconsin."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"In Coecticut, Republicans were picking an opponent to face two-term Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal."
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-12% Liberal
"The primary comes a day after FBI agents searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press."
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-16% Liberal
"Trump also has backed a little-known challenger to the state's most powerful Republican, state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who has rejected the former president's pressure to decertify the 2020 results."
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-18% Liberal
"She is favored in the race to replace Rep. Peter Welch, who won the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat long held by Patrick Leahy, who is retiring."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"She is favored in the race to replace Rep. Peter Welch, who won the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat long held by Patrick Leahy, who is retiring."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Kleefisch is a former TV reporter who served with Walker for two terms, including when he effectively ended collective bargaining for most public employees in the state in 2011, drawing huge protests and a failed recall attempt."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"He told supporters that Michels will win the primary easily and that he's the better choice to defeat Evers."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Voters will choose a Republican nominee for Wisconsin governor on Tuesday who could reshape how elections are conducted in the marquee battleground, where former President Donald Trump is still pressing to overturn his 2020 loss and backing candidates he sees as allies."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"The race to face Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is another proxy war between Trump and Pence, one-time partners now pursuing different futures for the Republican Party."
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16% Conservative
"The race to face Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is another proxy war between Trump and Pence, one-time partners now pursuing different futures for the Republican Party."
Positive
16% Conservative
"The race to face Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is another proxy war between Trump and Pence, one-time partners now pursuing different futures for the Republican Party."
Positive
16% Conservative
"Trump has endorsed businessman Tim Michels, a self-described outsider who has put $12 million into his own campaign, against former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, who has support from former Vice President Mike Pence and ex-Gov. Scott Walker."
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-38% Liberal
"Trump has endorsed businessman Tim Michels, a self-described outsider who has put $12 million into his own campaign, against former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, who has support from former Vice President Mike Pence and ex-Gov. Scott Walker."
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-38% Liberal
"Trump has endorsed businessman Tim Michels, a self-described outsider who has put $12 million into his own campaign, against former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, who has support from former Vice President Mike Pence and ex-Gov. Scott Walker."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"But the most-watched races will be in Wisconsin, where Trump has kept up his pressure campaign to cancel President Joe Biden's 2020 victory."
Positive
8% Conservative
"But the most-watched races will be in Wisconsin, where Trump has kept up his pressure campaign to cancel President Joe Biden's 2020 victory."
Positive
8% Conservative
"He also said he will bring law and order back to Wisconsin, criticized Evers' handling of schools and blamed Biden for rising prices."
Negative
-66% Liberal
"He also said he will bring law and order back to Wisconsin, criticized Evers' handling of schools and blamed Biden for rising prices."
Negative
-66% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

34% : The next governor and U.S. senator also may sway decisions on issues from abortion to education and taxes.
30% : Voter Gary Steinbrecher, 62, said he cast his ballot Tuesday for Kleefisch because she opposes abortion and has "been around for a long time."

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