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Ben Wikler: “We actually increased the vote share in the suburbs around…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:11

We were able to increase Democratic turnout. We increased Democratic votes, raw votes, not the margin, but we increased the raw votes in 46 of the 72 counties in rural counties, in suburbs. We actually increased the vote share in the suburbs around Milwaukee. and then, and also in the cities in the urban counties. And that increased turnout for Democrats allowed us to win our state, our U.S. senate race and 14 state legislative districts that flipped from red to blue. (04:11–04:15)

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