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Ben Wikler: “We increased Democratic votes, raw votes, not the margin…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:02

Well, you know, I live in Wisconsin. I'm the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. In Wisconsin, we added votes for Harris relative to Biden. 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. (04:02–04:10)

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