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Ben Wikler: “There was only a couple of times in American history that…”

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

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Ben Wikler Discusses Transition from Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair and Reflects on Political Landscape

Published | Video Starts at 19:24

And I think if we can do that, we're in an era of just profound instability politically. The amount of the presidency changing hands, of Congress changing hands in both chambers. Yeah. There was only a couple of times in American history that have had this kind of ping pong back and forth. And that happens when there's not. When there's the sense that, like, this isn't working. So swing voters essentially are like, maybe they can fix it. Nope. Maybe they can fix it. (19:24–19:30)

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Asserts that frequent changes in political control are rare in American history.

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