…also helping Obama in Wisconsin is his competitiveness among demographic groups more favorable to Republicans.
For instance, Obama has run essentially even with Romney among white blue-collar voters in Marquette’s polling this year, even though he runs well behind Romney with these same voters nationally.
He’s running slightly ahead of Romney with whites age 60 and over. And the President is running only a few points behind Romney among white men. That’s also much better than Obama is doing nationwide.
In short, Obama’s weaknesses nationally are less pronounced in Wisconsin…