As the Democrats gathered a few miles south of the state border, Wisconsin was very much front and center. In fact, you know Wisconsin is key to the Democrats’ election plans–not just based on the words uttered this week, but their actions this month, this week and in the weeks ahead.
In politics, it’s hardly unusual for candidates to engage in flattery as they make their way from one swing state to the next. But the frequency of Harris’ Wisconsin visits, and Biden’s before her, underscores the importance Democrats are placing on the state.
It’s a sentiment many voters understand keenly in Wisconsin, where the previous two presidential elections were decided by about 20,000 votes. In 2020, Wisconsin went to Biden. Four years before that, it was carried by former President Donald Trump.
There were many factors at play in 2016, but for some Democrats, one truth looms large. That year, then-Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton didn’t come to Wisconsin at all.
The legacy of what happens when you take Wisconsin for granted is an enduring one. Now, it’s animating a full-scale battle for this battleground state.
This week, even as the Democratic National Convention is taking place in Chicago, the Harris campaign plans to hold a rally in Milwaukee on Tuesday. It will be Harris’s seventh visit to Wisconsin this year.
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