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Ben Wikler: “In 2000, Wisconsin was the second closest state in the…”

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

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CityCast Madison: Ben Wickler on Wisconsin Democratic Party's Future and Achievements

Published | Video Starts at 09:23

And it felt and looked like Republicans just weren't willing to give up power even when Democrats won elections on top of that. We won a lot of presidential races, but they'd been incredibly close. So In 2000, Wisconsin was the second closest state in the country. In 2004, it was the closest state in the country. Both of those were under half a percentage point victories. Obama won in landslides twice. And I think that led to some sort of national forgetting that Wisconsin was such a battleground. (09:23–09:30)

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Asserts that Wisconsin had very close presidential election results in 2000 and 2004.

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