evidence: The best way to describe Wisconsin is that it's a purple state. National political commentators will also refer to Wisconsin as a swing state or battleground state, because it's one of the truly competitive states that decide who wins the presidential election. [...] In 2020, Wisconsin voted for President Joe Biden, who won the presidency. Biden took 49.6% of the vote, compared to Trump's 48.9%. That's a difference of less than 21,000 votes. [...] In 2020, Biden got nearly 70% of the vote in Milwaukee County. In 2016, Clinton got about 66%.