The results for the Wisconsin primary in the US 2016 presidential election are in: Senator Ted Cruz won the Republican primary with 48.2%, and Senator Bernie Sanders won the Democratic primary with 56.6%. Trump and Kasich polled 35.1% and 14.1%, respectively; Hillary Clinton came in behind Sanders at 43.1%. The primary is worth 42 delegates to the Senator Cruz, and 96 delegates to Senator Sanders; the election results in Wisconsin are indicative of both parties' frontrunners increasingly tenuous holds on their hopes of nomination. Trump, who had consistently polled at the head of the pack among his GOP competitors, has lost some popularity following a week of contradictory and inflammatory (even by Trump's standards) statements. Clinton, who has widely been considered as a shoe-in for the Democratic nomination is facing waning public opinion as well as a youth vote that stands strongly behind Senator Sanders. The GOP establishment is desperate to avoid having Donald Trump as a nominee. Although the business mogul has a plurality of support among Republican voters, he is nevertheless grossly unqualified for the position of head of state. Once the general election truly gets underway, Trump's inconsistencies, racism, sexism, and xenophobia will not be as ignorable as it has been; he is already beginning to face more serious backlash among his party base. Cruz, on the other hand, is gaining steam, and stated, "As a result of tonight...I am more and more convinced that our campaign is going to earn the 1,237 delegates needed to win the nomination... Either before Cleveland, or at the (GOP national) convention in Cleveland, together we will win a majority of the delegates, and together we will beat Hillary Clinton in November." Cruz at least has a few consistent policies to describe to potential voters-voters who, although possibly disillusioned with the GOP establishment, may still rally behind their candidate when faced with Hillary Clinton.

The Clinton campaign has become increasingly frustrated with the resilience of Senator Sanders' campaign. Young voters, many of whom are "millenials", do not find socialism as unappealing as the generations before them; Sanders' emphasis on alleviating student debt and healthcare costs have resonated with young men and women; his participation in the Civil Rights Movement has made him appealing to minority voters as well. And unlike Clinton, Sanders is not facing decades of GOP smear attacks, which have ultimately proved successful; even among many Democrats, Clinton is perceived as being untrustworthy, despite her record of "flip-flopping" on the issues being no better or worse than a standard US politician. She is also faced with misogynistic attacks, even from members of her own party, which Senator Sanders is not subject to. All of the above have caused her national approval ratings to plummet, whereas Sanders is slowly and steadily gaining ground.

Clinton will, regardless, probably still attain the nomination to be the Democratic Party's presidential candidate due to her hold on the party's super delegate system. But the Democrats should remain wary; the GOP has been viciously attacking both Hillary and Bill Clinton for decades in order to vilify them to Republican voters. If anything could solidify the now-fragmented GOP voter base, it would be having a familiar enemy-a Clinton-to fight against at the polls in November.