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58% of Wisconsin voters think President Joe Biden’s policies are to blame for drug overdose deaths in the Badger State, many of which are a result of the drug fentanyl, which is being smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico. 

That’s according to a new poll of Arizona voters released by the League of American Workers (LAW).

34% of Wisconsin voters said the Biden Administration bears a “great deal” of responsibility for the overdose deaths, while 24% say the administration bears “some” responsibility.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last month reported more than 2,000 fentanyl arrests and more than 13,000 pounds of fentanyl seized by U.S. Customers and Border Protection (CBP) in just the first five months of fiscal year 2024. 

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), a Biden supporter, acknowledged the connection between border policies and Wisconsin fentanyl deaths.

"We had over 1,400 fentanyl deaths in 2022," Baldwin told Newsweek. "That's the way in which Wisconsinites want to see border security, to stop the flow of fentanyl into the U.S." 

In Brown County, fentanyl was responsible for more than 80% of all drug overdose deaths in 2022, an increase from just 37.% of overdose deaths in 2018, reported the Green Bay Press-Gazette earlier today.

The LAW poll also found that 70% of Wisconsin voters think the federal government is weak at securing the U.S. borders, and that 56% of voters think Biden’s border policies are to blame for crimes like an illegal alien’s February 22 murder of University of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. 

Former President Donald Trump and Biden are tied in the 2024 race for the White House, according to the poll results. 

The survey was conducted among 600 likely Wisconsin voters on April 6-9, 2024 by North Star Public Opinion Research.

Founded in 2022 by political strategist and commentator Steve Cortes, LAW conducts research and develops proposals on public policies impacting American workers and the economy.