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Ben Wikler: “Face to face interaction, showing you're listening to…”

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

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Coffee with The Contrarians

Published | Video Starts at 19:19

You know, protesting is critical, but then you gotta go out and talk to people who do not already agree with you. And this is, this happened in these states in the lead up to this election. Face to face interaction, showing you're listening to someone, you care about, what they care about. That is how you build a coalition that grows and grows and grows. I was knocking on doors in Wisconsin a year out from the election. This past weekend we had thousands of volunteers across the state of Wisconsin. (19:19–19:26)

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Asserts that personal engagement is crucial for building a growing political coalition.

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