AND WITH THE GENERAL ELECTION
RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, SOME
ARE WONDERING THE IMPACT OF IN-
PERSON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
VISITS-- VERSUS VIRTUAL ONES.




TOMORROW'S VISIT WILL BE AT
LEAST THE SECOND VISIT TRUMP HAS
MADE TO WISCONSIN THIS YEAR --
VERSUS FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN WHO HAS YET TO MAKE AN IN-
PERSON APPEARANCE TO THE DAIRY
STATE IN 2020. PROFESSOR
GEOFFREY PETERSON, CHAIR OF THE
POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT
UW-EAU CLAIRE, SAYS THERE'S NO
EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS A CANDIDATE
VISITING A STATE ACTUALLY
CHANGES HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
VOTE. HOWEVER, HE SAYS THERE'S A
SMALL AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE THAT
SUGGESTS WHEN CANDIDATES DO
VISIT A STATE, IT MAKES PEOPLE
WHO WERE ALREADY LIKELY TO VOTE
FOR THEM-- SLIGHTLY MORE LIKELY
TO VOTE.




"They get a little energized.
When you think about who goes to
a presidential rally, whether
it's Democrat or Republican, the
people who are going are the
people who are already going to
vote for the candidate. It's
not the undecided people or the
people from the other party that
show up and want to be
convinced." :19
PETERSON SAYS BOTH TRUMP AND
BIDEN HAVE DONE FEWER IN-PERSON
EVENTS THAN A TYPICAL ELECTION
YEAR-- BUT BELIEVES THE
CONSEQUENCES MAY N
