USC Dornsife / LA Times Presidential Election "Daybreak" Poll

Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election

Wisconsin and its 10 electoral votes played a key role in Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Trump became the first Republican candidate to win the state since 1984. The outcome suggests a re-alignment in the American electorate, especially in more rural areas of the state that have previously been more supportive of Democratic candidates. Conventional political wisdom went out the window in the election, as did the accuracy of public-opinion polls.
 
Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election

Wisconsin's Politics Foreshadowed A Visceral National Divide

Scott Gordon
WisContext
Nov. 9, 2016 | 3:10 p.m.
As the nation woke up to a new president-elect on Nov. 9, Kathy Cramer was as stunned as just about anyone who analyzes U.S. politics for a living, and especially those people with confidence in the accuracy of public opinion polls.
Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election
Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

The Political Geography Of Wisconsin: Partisanship And Population Density

Malia Jones
UW Applied Population Lab
Kristian Knutsen
WisContext
Nov. 7, 2016 | 7:05 p.m.
Wisconsin has been a battleground state in presidential elections for decades, but over time, the political landscape has shifted. Voting patterns are increasingly becoming defined by geography, with population density serving as a marker of partisan preference.
Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election

A Look At The 2016 Presidential Candidate Visits In Wisconsin

Video: 
Zac Schultz
PBS Wisconsin
Nov. 4, 2016 | 7 p.m.
Shared via
WPT
Wisconsin has a history of being a battleground state in presidential elections, but is it really a battle when one candidate doesn't show up and still never trails in the polls? A timeline of 2016 presidential campaign visits highlights the state of the race in Wisconsin.
Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election

Wisconsin Voters Struggle With Trust In 2016 Election

Video: 
Zac Schultz
PBS Wisconsin
Oct. 20, 2016 | 7 p.m.
Shared via
WPT
Why has the issue of trust has become so important in the 2016 election season? Voters and supporters of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump talk about about their trust in media, the candidates and the overall electoral process.
State of Wisconsin 1975 Blue Book art
Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election

4 Historic Presidential Primaries in Wisconsin History

Kristian Knutsen
WisContext
April 5, 2016 | 8:20 p.m.
As Wisconsin heads into a hotly contested presidential primary election for both major parties, WPR has looked back at years when the state's voters played an important role in selecting parties' nominees.
Mitt Romney at CPAC 2012
Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election

A Turning Point For Mitt Romney In Wisconsin's 2012 Primary

Scott Gordon
WisContext
March 24, 2016 | 11 a.m.
The 2012 Republican presidential primary marked 100 years of Wisconsinites electing delegates to the major party conventions in open primaries — a system the state pioneered. That year's cycle also brought an increasingly rare spotlight to what is now a late-primary state.
Jimmy Carter
Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election

Jimmy Carter Gets Detailed In Wisconsin's 1976 Primary

Scott Gordon
WisContext
March 23, 2016 | 11:20 a.m.
None of the broad identities attached to Jimmy Carter — beaming humanitarian, peanut farmer, UFO spotter and, at least since Ronald Reagan's victorious 1980 campaign, ineffectual president — were on display when he visited La Crosse in September 1975.
JFK campaigns in Wisconsin in 1960
Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election

JFK Makes His Pitch In Wisconsin's 1960 Primary

Scott Gordon
WisContext
March 22, 2016 | 11:30 a.m.
When John F. Kennedy was making his ultimately successful pitch for the Democratic Party nomination in 1960, Wisconsin's April 5 primary was considered early. New Hampshire's was first, but candidates treated Wisconsin's as the first significant showdown.
wendell willkie
Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election

How Wisconsin Ended Wendell Willkie's Political Career

Erika Janik
Wisconsin Public Radio
March 21, 2016 | 10:30 a.m.
Republican presidential candidate Wendell Willkie staked everything on Wisconsin in 1944, and lost.