How to Win (or Lose) Wisconsin
On this episode of See How They Run, Ben Wikler and John Nichols on the very particular, very important swing state.
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How to Win (or Lose) Wisconsin | See How They Run
On this episode of See How They Run, Ben Wikler and John Nichols join D.D. Guttenplan to discuss how the election will turn out in the very particular, very important swing state of Wisconsin.
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Vendors sell campaign-related merchandise before the start of a rally hosted by Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump at Dodge County Airport on October 06, 2024, in Juneau, Wisconsin.
(Scott Olson / Getty Images)With just a few weeks to go until the 2024 election, both parties are throwing everything they’ve got at the key battleground states that will decide whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris gets to reside in the White House in January. And today, we’re going to take a look at the state that Trump recently called “the toughest of the swing states to win”: Wisconsin. It’s a state that has long defied easy categorization—the birthplace of the Republican Party and sewer socialism; the political home of Bob La Follette and Joe McCarthy; the place that gave us Scott Walker and Tammy Baldwin. And Trump and Harris are both desperate to win it.
So what do we need to understand about Wisconsin right now? Where are the places that will decide whether it turns red or blue? And are the Democrats doing enough to keep Trump at bay? To discuss all of that, we’re joined by two Wisconsin all-stars: Ben Wikler, chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, and The Nation’s resident badger, John Nichols.
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Where Do We Go From Here? | See How They Run
On this final episode of The Nation's election coverage podcast, See How They Run, D.D. Guttenplan is joined by John Nichols and Jeet Heer to discuss lessons learned from the 2024 Presidential races.
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