With the Wisconsin presidential primary looming, MSNBC guest Mark Halperin said Thursday that not only is it likely that Hillary Clinton will lose this state, she may even lose it "badly."
On Morning Joe, MSNBC's Chris Jansing discussed Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I., Vt.) lead in the polls in Wisconsin.
She remarked Sanders is leading in the polls by 71 points with voters under 30 and by 20 points with independents. She also pointed out how Clinton's campaign is now switching gears, trying to play down expectations for Wisconsin.
"I talked to some of the Hillary Clinton folks here on the ground yesterday, you know, they're trying to play the expectations game," Jansing said. "They say, ‘Well, we just want to do better than we did in 2008.’ Well, in 2008, she lost 58 to 40 percent. Obviously, it's not nearly that close.
"So, they're trying to downplay expectations. There's obviously some nervousness here."
Halperin was asked, "About the demographics, Hillary Clinton and women, around Milwaukee I'm told, she's having difficulty around Milwaukee, and maybe in the rest of the state– I don't know– what does the campaign think about this? What are they saying about this internally?"
Halperin recalled her "big Milwaukee event" that he attended, saying that she's having problems in Wisconsin. He noted there were only a couple hundred of people there.
"The campaign’s suggesting that the public poll that shows Sanders ahead not by much is off, that she’s going to be beaten here, and maybe badly," Halperin said.
The poll that he is referring to says:
The last Marquette poll showed Sanders with a small lead over Clinton within the poll’s margin of error. Clinton has been steadily losing ground to Sanders over the course of several Marquette polls dating back over the past year. In November she led Sanders 50-41.