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How to Find Every Democratic Voter in Wisconsin

2024/10/5
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Ben Wikler：威斯康星州的选举竞争极其激烈，民主党虽然在基层组织方面占据优势，但面临着共和党强大的广告攻势和特朗普的多次造势活动带来的巨大挑战。共和党在基层活动的薄弱，以及特朗普竞选团队的策略失误，是民主党的机会。Liz Cheney对部分共和党选民的影响，以及需要争取的进步派选民，也构成了民主党策略的复杂性。威斯康星州选民的特殊分布和投票习惯，使得民主党需要在全州范围内开展工作，而非仅仅依赖大城市。威斯康星州的法律法规和政治结构也增加了竞选的难度。民主党需要争取足够大的胜利优势，以避免选举结果被质疑。 Jane Mayer, Susan Glasser, Evan Osnos：三位主持人对Ben Wikler的分析表示认同，认为威斯康星州的选举将是一场势均力敌的竞争，民主党需要做好充分准备，应对可能出现的各种挑战，包括选举后的法律诉讼。

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Ben Wikler, Wisconsin Democratic Party chair, discusses the state's importance in the 2024 election. He highlights the tight race, Democratic ground operations, and Republican challenges.
  • Wisconsin is a crucial swing state with four of the last six presidential races decided by less than one point.
  • Democrats are focused on ground operations and voter outreach, while Republicans rely on TV ads and election integrity staffing.
  • The Democratic Party is trying to reach voters in all parts of the state, including rural areas and counties that Trump won previously.

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The Washington Roundtable is joined by the Wisconsin Democratic Party chair, Ben Wikler, to discuss ground operations for Kamala Harris in the key battleground state, and why he thinks the Trump campaign is falling behind when it comes to reaching voters in person, despite the financial support of Elon Musk and other big donors. “I was just on the phone with the chair of Oneida County, in Northern Wisconsin, and we’re seeing crickets,” Wikler says of G.O.P. outreach. Still, he sees the state of the race in Wisconsin as “super, super, super, super tight.”

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