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Ben Wikler: “It's the only state where five of the last seven…”

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

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Wisconsin's State Supreme Court is maybe the second one of the very top, most important judicial bodies in America because Wisconsin is the fulcrum of American politics. It was the closest state in the United States in 2024. It's the only state where five of the last seven presidential races has come down to less than 1 percentage point. No other state has had more than two. And in context, over and over, we have elections that come down to microscopic margins of error, where voting rights questions around … (00:52–00:59)

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Asserts that Wisconsin has had five out of the last seven presidential races decided by less than 1 percentage point.

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