Watch Video From Donald Trump's Campaign Stop In Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE, WI — President Donald Trump made several notable comments about the situation in Iran, quipped about his Democratic opponents in the coming 2020 presidential election and took time to vary from topic to topic to a full house at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena on Tuesday night.

How to watch:

President Trump's visit to the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena - formerly known as the MECCA Arena - drew supporters well ahead of the event's scheduled start time. Spectators were seen outside lining up as early as 2 p.m. Monday.

How to go:
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 14
Time: 7 p.m., though doors open at 3 p.m.
Location: UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, 400 W Kilbourn Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53203
Tickets: You can register for free tickets here

Close Call So Far In Wisconsin

According to the most recent Marquette University Law School poll from mid-December, general-election matchups between Trump and five Democratic candidates all indicate very close races, slightly closer than in the November poll.

Based on poll results, Trump is within one or two percentage points of each of the five candidates.
If the general election was between Trump and Joe Biden:
Biden 47
Trump 46
Neither 3
Don't Know 3

If the general election was between Trump and Bernie Sanders:
Sanders 45
Trump 47
Neither 4
Don't Know 3

If the general election was between Trump and Elizabeth Warren:
Warren 44
Trump 45
Neither 5
Don't Know 3

If the general election was between Trump and Pete Buttigieg:
Buttigieg 43
Trump 44
Neither 4
Don't Know 7

If the general election was between Trump and Cory Booker:
Booker 43
Trump 44
Neither 5
Don't Know 7

According to the Marquette poll from Decemeber, among those who say they will vote in the Democratic presidential primary in April, Biden is the first choice of 23 percent, followed by Sanders at 19 percent, Warren at 16 percent and Buttigieg at 15 percent. Booker is the first choice of 4 percent.

2020 Democratic National Convention Will Be Held Here

It's no secret that Wisconsin will be a hotly-contested state in the 2020 presidential election. After Trump narrowly won the state over Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016, the Democratic Party redoubled its efforts to re-take Wisconsin. That effort is led by the 2020 Democratic National Convention, which will be held in Milwaukee in mid-July.

Here are some key questions and answers about the 2020 Democratic National Convention:
When is the 2020 Democratic National Convention?

The four-day convention will be held July 13 to July 16, 2020.

Where will it be held?

The 2020 DNC will be held at Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum, 1111 Vel R. Phillips Ave., Milwaukee WI. The Fiserv Forum, the product of $524 million in public and private funds, opened in August 2018. As the home of the Milwaukee Bucks NBA Basketball team and Marquette Golden Eagles college basketball team, the new arena is considered the jewel of the NBA.

Other events will be held at the Wisconsin Center, 400 W Wisconsin Ave., UW-Panther Arena, 400 W Kilbourn Ave., and Miller High Life Theater, 500 W Kilbourn Ave.

How much will it cost?

According to latest figures provided by DNC officials, the price tag to host the 2020 DNC in Milwaukee is about $70 million. Top Democratic officials say they've already received funding guarantees of up to $11 million as of mid-March 2019 toward that goal.

Additionally, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said that one of the keys to getting the convention to be held in Milwaukee was the city's securing of a $10 million secondary line of credit. That line of credit was put in place as a fail-safe in the event that donors can't come up with enough cash to fund the convention.

An additional $50 million federal stipend will cover the massive security needs during the convention. The U.S. Secret Service is the point agency during the convention.

What happens at the convention?

The 2020 DNC is the culmination of the 2020 Democratic Party's presidential primaries and caucuses which are held in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories.
A predetermined number of delegates from each of the aforementioned jurisdictions will travel to the 2020 DNC in Milwaukee to determine the next Democratic nominee for President of the United States in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.

How many people will be here?

Most recent estimates from DNC officials say that there will be about 50,000 people coming in from out of the area. That number of people does not include the roughly 2,000 media members who will descend upon the area or the hundreds — if not thousands — of law enforcement officers who will be coming into the area from all across the U.S.

How will the Democratic nominee be selected?

The 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and caucuses will determine a large number of delegates who will attend the 2020 DNC in Milwaukee. Those delegates are considered "pledged" to a specific candidate who either won or ranked highly in their respective state's primary election.

In addition, there's a smaller chunk of "un-pledged" superdelagates who are appointed by party leaders independent of the primary's electoral process. Under new rules for 2020, the superdelegates are only allowed to vote for a candidate until that candidate has won a majority of the "pledged" delegates.

According to the latest figures, the 2020 DNC will see the attendance of 3,768 "pledged" delegates and approximately 764 "un-pledged" or superdelegates.