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The Daily Blast: Trump’s Polling Suddenly Looks Scary. This Dem Has a Plan to Stop Him.

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Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

A new consensus is settling in among political analysts: Donald Trump’s poll numbers look unexpectedly formidable in states like Arizona and Georgia, which means President Biden’s most likely path to victory requires winning Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. And yet Trump will almost certainly lose if he can’t win one of those three. That’s why Democrats can stop Trump if they beat him in Wisconsin. We talked to Ben Wikler, the chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, who explains how years of painstaking organizing is laying the groundwork to defeat Trump by thwarting his designs, first and foremost, in the Badger State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm your host Greg Sergeant. A new consensus is settling in among political analysts.

1:09.6

If President Biden is going to defeat Donald Trump and get reelected this fall,

1:14.3

his path to victory almost certainly runs through the blue wall states of Pennsylvania,

1:19.2

Michigan, and Wisconsin.

1:21.0

And of those three, the toughest for Biden to win, according to polls right now, is Wisconsin.

1:26.8

And yet, Wisconsin is also the state where Democrats have boasted some of their biggest recent

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successes and have been doing some of their most

1:34.4

intensive organizing in recent years. So can Democrats stop Trump in this state?

1:39.6

What will that entail? To unravel all this, today we're talking to Ben Wickler, the chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party.

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He's been at the forefront of some of those recent wins in the state and is one of the best organizers in the Democratic Party.

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Great to have you on here, Ben.

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It's great to be back with you, Greg.

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I appreciate you having me on and I appreciate the spotlight on the Badger State.

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So like I said, a conventional wisdom is settling in that Arizona and Georgia and maybe even

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