College Republicans of UW-Madison formally endorsed presidential nominee Donald Trump in a Monday press release.
Although the organization doesn’t accept all of Trump’s policies and statements, they do accept him as their nominee, College Republicans Chair Alex Walker said.
“Nothing changes for us besides the candidate,” Walker said. College Republicans will support Trump by doing “the same thing we would do in any other election year.”
Those things include campaigning for Trump by volunteering, making phone calls, holding tabling events and spreading
Walker said students who want to vote
“Four more years of the Obama Administration are wrong for this country,” Walker said.
Walker noted that the organization's events haven’t been based on one candidate or one person and all students are welcome, whether they agree with the organization’s statements or not.
“We do not wish to isolate our members who disagree with [the
The endorsement also acts as a lateral move for College Republican’s top priority—getting U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., re-elected. Johnson is currently trailing Democratic candidate Russ Feingold 47 percent to 41 percent among likely voters, according to a recent Marquette Law School poll.
According to the press release, not supporting the Republican presidential nominee would be detrimental to elections closest to Wisconsin.
“He’s [Johnson] always stood with us, so we’re going to stand with him,” Walker said. Johnson will be on campus Oct. 25.
One way College Republican members are showing their support for Johnson and Trump is by volunteering at the Republican Party campaign office in Fitchburg.
“All I’m asking from you guys is five hours [of volunteering],” said Republican Party of Wisconsin Field Director Mark Morgan in College Republican’s first meeting last week. “Our goal is to be ahead in the polls come Nov. 8.”
According to the same Marquette Law School poll, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton leads Trump 44-42 with likely Wisconsin voters.
