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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Parsing Tuesday's Primary Results/An Audit of the IRS's Expansion

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Four states go to the polls, including Wisconsin, where 13% of Republicans vote for Nikki Haley and 8% of Democrats say they're uncommitted. Does this signal weakness for Donald Trump and Joe Biden? Plus, the Badger State bans "Zuckerbucks," and a report on the IRS's expansion plans shows the agency struggling to hire as it tries to ramp up audits on the wealthy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Right now. From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

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Presidential primary voters cast their ballots in four states as the latest Wall Street

0:35.8

journal poll shows Donald Trump leading Joe Biden in six of seven swing

0:40.6

states. Meantime right in time for tax day, the IRS gets an audit from an inspector general.

0:46.6

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

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We are joined today by my colleagues, columnist Kim Strassal and editorial board member

0:54.6

Manay Uque Barua. Let's start with the results in those presidential primaries

0:59.8

in four states, most of them not swing states, but still some evidence of lingering weakness

1:05.4

on behalf of the two men Donald Trump and President Biden, who are now the presumptive

1:10.2

nominees of each of their parties. In Connecticut,

1:13.5

Nicky Haley currently in the Returns winning 14% of the vote,

1:17.8

with another 5% going to uncommitted.

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13% for Nicky Haley and 4% for Chris Christie in New York.

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In Wisconsin, that is a potential swing state.

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13% for Nicki Haley, 3% for Rhonda Santis, and 5% for other candidates and Rhode Island 10% for

1:37.1

Nicky Haley there on the other side of the aisle also interesting this effort to

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get a Democratic voters to cast ballots for

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