If former President Donald Trump wins in Wisconsin, he will win the presidency. The latest Marquette University Law School poll shows Mr. Trump ahead with 43% of the vote, while President Biden had 40%. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., had 8% of the vote, and three other third-party candidates carried the remaining votes. Only 1% of those surveyed said that they did not know who to vote for at this time.
All the hype and hysteria over court cases and perceived attacks on democracy do not distract Americans from what they face every day. Students, families, and seniors are hurting over high prices. Twice as many respondents ranked the economy as their top issue as they did any of the issues after immigration. That includes abortion policy, Medicare and Social Security, health care, foreign relations, and the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. An election that is a referendum on the economy and border security is a win for Mr. Trump.
Vice presidential picks rarely change the outcome of an election. The usual approach is to do little or no harm. That said, picking a reasonable problem solver could go a long way to winning back many of the college-educated suburban voters who abandoned the party in 2020. Many of them abandoned Mr. Trump in 2020 because they could not stand the mean tweets and political chaos. Today, they would take all of that and more just to get some economic stability.