Elkhorn, Wisconsin, a small town less than an hour outside of Milwaukee that feels like a world away from the big city. like it's been unchanged for decades. There's a barber shop,

Jack Rabbit Fiz Saloon, and a restaurant that

advertises homemade pizza. This is a Republican stronghold,

but Democrats are trying to make some inroads here. The best. in the buttons that say childless cat lady are especially popular.

But Beth Garris-Podro finds a couple other pins she likes.

I am a woman watch me vote.

Yeah, I do.

Ellen. Our goal in this office is to move the needle.

Alan Holly is the former chair of the Walworth County Dems.

Like we know, well, maybe we will this year.

Maybe we'll wake up and suddenly

Wallworth County will be a Blue County I'm not going to bet my child's life on it

but we're heading in that direction she's used to being in the blue minority

here but today she's surrounded by volunteers who agree with her,

stuffing pamphlets into plastic baggies that canvassers will take door knocking around the neighborhood.

We're reporting from Wisconsin as part of an NPR series called We the voters. The voters.

Here in Walworth County you could call the Democrat strategy lose by less.

It's a playbook Republicans are running too in liberal cities. We'll meet them in a bit.

Consider this in a state where every vote matters, campaigns are not only trying to win in counties where they're strongest

they're also trying to lose by less in places where votes for their candidate are

harder to find.

From NPR, I'm Ari Shapiro.

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