NORTHEAST, Wis (NBC 26) -- Political rallies have been a staple of the Trump campaign, but some political analysts from northeast Wisconsin say for now it appears as if they likely won't happen again before the election. Surprisingly the experts shared that the setback likely won't impact the outcome of the election.
"After all the people who go to the rallies are already inclined to vote for him. I think at this point very few people are undecided about how they will vote," says Michael Kraft an Emeritus Professor of Political Science at UWGB.
Kraft says voter turnout for Trump could be down if the president gets terribly ill. He adds that with no rallies and more limited press coverage of their message, that could give Democrats a slight advantage.
"They (Democrats) continue to campaign which means they continue to get press coverage that the president might not. But on the other hand, the president has obviously got an enormous amount of coverage today."
The democratic party is also facing some new challenges in light of the president's diagnosis. For starters, it could give Trump a unique platform for voters to consider if he recovers before the election.
"He now has an opportunity to say, well this is what it looks like. And I don't know if that will help or hurt him, but it will give him a different or additional opportunity to talk through what his administration and he himself thinks should be done about COVID," says Arnold Shober a Professor of Government at Lawrence University.
Shober also thinks many voters may also start paying closer attention to what the vice-presidential candidates have to say, especially Trump's base, who may have to watch their presidential candidate become more ill with the virus.
"It may dispirit some of Trumps' very strong core base support that he has."
