Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous, Brian Sozzi and Rick Newman discuss why Wisconsin has gone ahead with the election process and how the coronavirus has impacted it.

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BRIAN SOZZI: Let's bring in Yahoo Finance Senior Columnist Rick Newman. Rick, the Wisconsin primary, this thing's a go.

RICK NEWMAN: Heh, amazingly, yes. People are voting. And I mean, it's just going to be chaotic. But, I mean, people are lined up for blocks, apparently. And they're distanced, as they should be, and wearing masks.

This is such a mess. In Milwaukee, they've had to go from 180 polling stations originally planned to just five. So that's why people are lining up. As chaotic as this is, I mean, it's kind of inspiring that people are going out to vote. You know, even though they know they're going to have to wait in line, they're supposed to stay home, people want to vote.

This is the Democratic primary. There's also one judge on the ballot, which is part of the thing. But this was a big battle between the governor, who's a Democrat, who wanted to postpone the election. The Republican legislature would have had to approve that. They did not approve it.

So there were some-- they raced into court late last night. And the election is on today. So it ends at 9:00 PM. And there are going to be a lot of absentee ballots coming in. So I'm not sure we're going to know by the end of tonight who actually won.

ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS: Rick, do you think that Wisconsin is going to be sort of the blueprint for other states to come? And is this giving us a peek at what maybe the general election might look like when voting happens in November?

RICK NEWMAN: Alexis, we should hope this is not a preview of the general election. This is madness. But I think it does-- it is going to give election authorities in all the states an idea of how to plan for however they want to vote in November. So for example, if you want-- if you want most people to vote by mail, start planning now. Don't make that-- try to make that plan two weeks before the election.

By the way, another thing to watch for here-- Joe Biden is likely to win. There have only been a couple of polls, but he's ahead by double digits. If he does win, and it's a convincing win, that could be the thing that pushes Bernie Sanders out of the race. So this is just one primary election.

But it is important in a couple of different ways we're talking about here. It could push Bernie Sanders out. And it's a model for how not to hold your election come November.

BRIAN SOZZI: Rick, it should be noted, some controversy-- controversy behind getting this primary started to begin with today.

RICK NEWMAN: Right, I mean, the governor wanted to postpone this to June 9. Which is what most of the other states have been able to do, is postpone. But it's not going to happen.

So we-- we all kind of forgot about the Democratic primary elections. And at least we've got one little reminder here that the race is still on.

BRIAN SOZZI: All right, Rick Newman, wearing my favorite bow tie yet of the past month. Really dig that. It's aggressive. I like it.

RICK NEWMAN: Classying up the internet, Brian.

BRIAN SOZZI: I know. Well, you are definitely the right man to do it. Rick Newman, thanks so much.

RICK NEWMAN: See you guys.