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Ben Wikler: “Democrats won a majority of the votes for the legislature…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 01:17

You know, even if it was closer than it should be, Those were the methods they undertook. So 2012, 2018, Democrats won a majority of the votes for the legislature. Republicans got almost 2/3 of the seats. Wow. And 2018, I moved home and volunteered Governor Evers, now Governor Evers ran and in a landslide year for Democrats nationally, he won by 1.1 percentage point. Super, super close. (01:17–01:23)

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Asserts that despite Democrats winning the majority of votes, Republicans secured nearly two-thirds of legislative seats.

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