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Ben Wikler: “Maybe 90% of voters already know who they're going to…”

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

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The Democratic Party Needs Change | The Ezra Klein Show

Published | Video Starts at 27:54

Do you believe in the median voter theorem? How do you think about the people you're trying to win over in Wisconsin? So I start with the fact that Maybe 90% of voters already know who they're going to support even before they know who the candidates are. So then you ask, who are the remaining 10% in a state like Wisconsin? There's a huge amount of polling that suggests that there is roughly 10% in play. (27:54–28:00)

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Asserts that a significant majority of voters have predetermined political preferences.

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