Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is projected to win the critical swing state of Wisconsin, claiming its 10 electoral votes.
The Associated Press called the race on Wednesday at 2:16 p.m. EST.
Polls going into election night suggested Biden was favored to win the state. The RealClearPolitics polling average showed Biden leading Trump by 6.7 percentage points there.
Biden’s win puts the Badger State back in the Democratic column four years after Trump flipped the state, winning it by roughly a point.
In 2016, Trump successfully galvanized Wisconsin’s white, working-class population, connecting on a number of issues, including trade and the economy.
Four years later, Biden sought to build back the Democratic “blue wall” in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, which Trump also flipped in 2016.
Read more at The Hill.
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