Biden, Sanders 'Could' Beat Trump In Wisconsin In 2020: Poll

MILWAUKEE, WI — Democratic presidential hopefuls Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are the top three choices heading into the April 7 presidential primary election in Wisconsin, according to the most recent Marquette University Law School poll.

Well, maybe.

To their credit, pollsters also asked whether they'd change their mind about their Democratic primary preference.

The answer: 60 percent of those polled said they might change their minds, while 38 percent said their mind was made up.

Here is the full breakdown according to the Marquette University Law School poll.

When pollsters asked whether any of the top Democratic challengers had what it took to beat Republican President Donald Trump in Wisconsin during the general election, respondents said Biden and Sanders were the only ones most likely capable of accomplishing the feat.

When you factor in the 7-9 percent of respondents who either didn't know or didn't believe whether either candidate would win, the result could go either way in each of the potential matchups listed below.

Here is the full breakdown according to the Marquette University Law School poll.

Trump Narrowly Won Wisconsin In 2016

Wisconsin as a battleground state in the 2020 election is a fact that has been well-established. President Donald Trump defeated Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin by less than 23,000 votes in 2016. That's a razor-thin 0.7 percentage margin of victory.

Trump's victory in Wisconsin in 2016 is understandably dwarfed by the number of people who are the subject of Wisconsin's voter registration tussle.

Two sides have been fighting over the status of about 230,000 registered voters in the state. One side wants to purge these residents from the state's voter rolls, saying they failed to update their address after moving - as required by state law. The other side filed a counter suit in federal court, saying an imminent purge violates their constitutional right to due process.

The fate of roughly 209,000 of those registered voters took another turn Tuesday, Jan. 14 after a panel of three judges in the Wisconsin Court of Appeals has issued a stay, effectively blocking an Ozaukee County circuit court judge's ruling that held three members of the state's Election Commission in contempt for failing to remove the voters from the state's voter rolls.

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