Polls are seemingly split as to whether Joe Biden or Donald Trump are currently ahead in Wisconsin, a battleground state Biden won in 2020 by just 20,000 votes.
It remains to be seen if Donald Trump’s 2024 election hopes have been damaged amid reports he called the largest city in Wisconsin “horrible”, with polls currently suggesting he and President Joe Biden are tied in the key swing state.
The former president allegedly made disparaging remarks about Milwaukee during a meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
Trump, his campaign team, and several Republicans have denied that the former president called Milwaukee “horrible” and instead was referring to the crime rate in the Democratic city.
The fallout over the reported remarks could have potential major implications for the results of the 2024 Election between Trump and Biden.
Polls are seemingly split as to whether the president or his 2024 Republican rival are currently ahead in Wisconsin, a battleground state Biden won in 2020 by just 20,000 votes. The Badger State is one of the key swing states Trump will be hoping to flip in November as he seeks a return to the White House.
A survey by J.L. Partners of 500 likely voters in Wisconsin, released just days before reports of the former president’s comments about Milwaukee emerged, showed Trump and Biden were tied on 44 percent.
On June 4, a Florida Atlantic University Political Communication and Public Opinion Research Lab poll of 2,068 adults in the key swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin showed Biden was 2 percent ahead among all voters (40 percent to 38 percent) in Wisconsin.
