{"id":2211126,"date":"2024-04-02T06:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T10:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pivots-to-general-election-with-midwest-swing\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T06:16:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T10:16:35","slug":"trump-pivots-to-general-election-with-midwest-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pivots-to-general-election-with-midwest-swing\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump shifts focus to general election with tour of Midwest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-pivots-to-general-election-with-midwest-swing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2211126&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump\u2063 is gearing up for the general election by focusing\u2063 on \u2062key\u2062 states pivotal to his 2016 victory. He plans to visit Wisconsin for \u2063a rally,\u200d highlighting immigration\u2063 issues. Trump aims to secure crucial swing states like Michigan and Wisconsin, setting \u2064the stage for a \u2063closely contested election against\u2062 President Joe Biden. Trump leads in\u2062 Michigan polls, reflecting a competitive landscape ahead.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> will visit two out of three states that delivered him the White House in 2016 on Tuesday as he pivots to the general election with a swing through the Midwest.<\/p>\n<p>The former president will appear in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Wisconsin<\/a> for an evening rally, his first in the state this cycle. Earlier in the day, he\u2019ll hold an event in Michigan focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>immigration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump visited Michigan in February, ahead of the presidential primary in the state, but now that he has the delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination, he has set his attention squarely on President Joe Biden as the two candidates embark on the longest general election campaigns in modern history.<\/p>\n<p>In Grand Rapids, Trump is poised to criticize Biden for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>border<\/a> policies, what his campaign is calling \u201cBiden\u2019s Border Bloodbath.\u201d The former president raised controversy for using the term \u201cbloodbath\u201d in reference to Biden\u2019s policies on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/electric-vehicles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>electric vehicles<\/a>, an important industry in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/manufacturing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>manufacturing<\/a> state such as Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden\u2019s violent criminal illegals are invading backyards and communities across Michigan resulting in death, destruction, and chaos,\u201d the Trump campaign wrote in a press release for the event.<\/p>\n<p>He will later hold a rally in Green Bay as voters head to the polls in Wisconsin\u2019s presidential primary. Biden, too, has received the needed delegates to become the Democratic nominee, but four other states will hold primary elections on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>University of Michigan political science professor\u00a0Ken\u00a0Kollman expects he and Trump will spend a lot of time in the Great Lakes State this spring and summer, given Biden\u2019s narrow, 3-point victory there in 2020. Trump won Michigan against 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by little more than 10,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven what they know and we know, Michigan is in play and will be tightly contested,\u201d Kollman told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Trump leads Biden in Michigan, according to <em>RealClearPolitics<\/em>, with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/michigan\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>average 3.5-percentage-point<\/a> advantage over Biden in five-way polling that includes third-party and independent candidates. Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/wisconsin\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>less than a point<\/a> edge in Wisconsin, a state Trump narrowly won and then lost in his first two bids, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the liability for Biden will be immigration. The former president made the matter central to his presidency, but he also sees political utility against his 2024 rival. While Biden\u2019s average approval rating is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/approval\/joe-biden\/approval-rating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>net negative 16 points<\/a>, his approval regarding immigration is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/approval\/joe-biden\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>net negative 32.5 points<\/a> as a crisis unfolds at the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump has incentives to make immigration a big concern,\u201d Kollman said. \u201cHe is trying to focus people\u2019s attention on such issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden is also under pressure amid the war in Gaza, with his support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a> enraging Michigan\u2019s large <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arab<\/a> and Muslim American communities. In February, 13% of Democrats, or 101,000 people, voted \u201cuncommitted\u201d in the party\u2019s primary in protest.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s wins in Michigan and Wisconsin, in addition to Pennsylvania, over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hillary-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Clinton<\/a> in 2016 secured him that election and the White House, even as he lost them four years later. But Wisconsin might be the most competitive of the battleground states, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison Elections Research Center Director\u00a0Barry\u00a0Burden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn one hand, Biden is an unpopular incumbent whose public evaluations have fallen since he narrowly won the state in 2020,\u201d Burden told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cHe also faces some reluctance among Democratic voters. Meanwhile, Republicans are extremely unified in their support for Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the other hand, Trump has not shown an ability to grow his coalition. Even when he won the state in 2016, he earned only 47% of the vote,\u201d he said. \u201cBiden has built a better infrastructure for his campaign in Wisconsin, opening dozens of offices and using sophisticated data analysis and messaging. Trump is behind when it comes to organizing ground operations and taking advantage of early and absentee voting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden campaign, which has underscored similar investments in Michigan, has accused Trump of ignoring supporters of former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican presidential candidate<\/a> and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nikki-haley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nikki Haley<\/a>. Biden started reaching out to Haley\u2019s base after she suspended her campaign, releasing a 30-second ad last week as part of a seven-figure, three-week buy in mostly suburban areas of eight battleground states where Haley performed well against Trump, including Ottawa and Kent counties near Grand Rapids, Michigan, where the former president will be on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump has made it crystal clear he doesn\u2019t want support from voters who cast their ballot for Nikki Haley, so let us be equally clear: There is a home for everyone on this campaign who knows Donald Trump cannot be back in the White House,\u201d Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler told reporters last week of the ad.<\/p>\n<p>On Trump\u2019s trip to Wisconsin specifically, Biden campaign Wisconsin communications director Brianna Johnson also condemned him for repeating his unfounded claim he won the state in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter completely ignoring Wisconsin for nearly two years, Donald Trump is spreading the same lies that inspired a mob to assault police officers and try to violently overturn an election he knows he lost,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cTrump is reminding voters he has nothing to offer but resentment, revenge, and retribution \u2014 and no vision or plan to make life easier for Wisconsin families. Wisconsinites won\u2019t stand for these dangerous and antidemocratic lies peddled by a self-obsessed loser.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign did not respond to the <em>Washington Examiner\u2019s<\/em> request for comment. <\/p>\n<p>Biden and Trump will be on primary ballots in Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin on Tuesday. Connecticut and Rhode Island Democrats will have the opportunity to vote \u201cuncommitted\u201d over the Israel-Hamas war, whereas Wisconsin Democrats have the option of \u201cuninstructed delegation,\u201d and New York Democrats have been encouraged to cast a blank ballot.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump will visit two pivotal states from his 2016 victory on Tuesday, as he transitions to the general election with a Midwest tour. He is set to hold an evening rally in Wisconsin, marking his first appearance there this election cycle. 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