Wisconsin: Biden 51%, Trump 43%
President Trump trails Democratic nominee Joe Biden by eight points in the key battleground state of Wisconsin.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone and online survey of Likely Voters in Wisconsin shows Biden with 51% support to Trump’s 43%. Three percent (3%) like some other candidate, and two percent (2%) remain undecided.(To see survey question wording, click here.)
Among the 84% of Wisconsin voters who are already certain how they will vote, Biden leads 54% to 46%.
Biden carries 93% of Wisconsin Democrats and leads among voters not affiliated with either party by a commanding 17 points. Trump wins 90% of the state’s Republicans.
Biden is well ahead among women, voters under 40 and senior citizens. He carries 69% of the black vote and has a slight advantage among whites and other minority voters in Wisconsin.
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The Wisconsin survey of 1,000 Likely U.S. Voters was conducted September 1-2, 2020 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Following the two national party conventions, Biden has a four-point lead over Trump in Rasmussen Reports’ latest weekly White House Watch survey.
Forty-five percent (45%) of Wisconsin voters approve of the job Trump is doing, while 53% disapprove. This includes 37% who Strongly Approve and 46% who Strongly Disapprove. This is a more critical assessment of the president’s performance than voters have nationally in Rasmussen Reports’ daily Presidential Tracking Poll.
Forty-four percent (44%) of voters in the state share a favorable opinion of the president, including 33% with a Very Favorable one. Fifty-five percent (55%) view him unfavorably, with Very Unfavorables of 47%.
Biden is seen favorably by 51%, although that includes Very Favorables of only 28%. Forty-eight percent (48%) have an unfavorable opinion of the former vice president, with 36% who hold a Very Unfavorable one.
Fifty-one percent (51%) of Wisconsin voters approve of the job performance of Governor Tony Evers, a Democrat, with 25% who Strongly Approve. Forty-six percent (46%) disapprove, including 30% who Strongly Disapprove.
Kenosha, Wisconsin recently experienced racial violence and rioting following a police shooting, and Trump has been critical of the state’s response. When it comes to the violent anti-police protests in several major cities, most voters agree that Trump sides with the police, while Democratic leaders side with the protesters.
Most voters say the upcoming presidential election is about Trump and rate Biden’s agenda of secondary importance.
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The Wisconsin survey of 1,000 Likely U.S. Voters was conducted September 1-2, 2020 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
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