'The Run-Up': What 12 Years of Gerrymandering Has Done to Wisconsin

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🗓️ 22 October 2022

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How a 12-year project to lock in political power in Wisconsin could culminate in this year’s midterms – and provide a glimpse into where the rest of the country is headed. “The Run-Up” is a new politics podcast from The New York Times. Leading up to the 2022 midterms, we’ll be sharing the latest episode here every Saturday. If you want to hear episodes when they first drop on Thursdays, you can search for “The Run-Up” wherever you get your podcasts. Visit nytimes.com/therunup for more.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Michael.
0:02.3	Today, the run-up are show about the midterm elections and how we got to this front
0:08.0	moment in American politics.
0:10.8	Last week, we looked to Georgia as a possible model of grassroots politics for the Democrats.
0:18.0	One built around activating overlooked and apathetic voters who are mistrustful that the system
0:24.5	can deliver for them.
0:26.2	Today, in episode 7, we go to a place where Republicans have seized control of that
0:33.7	very system.
0:35.8	Take a listen.
0:36.8	In 2011, I was a college student in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
0:51.5	In December, the first day, 10 of thousands of protesters packed three floors of the
0:55.4	Capitol building.
0:56.4	During that time, the protesters first descended on the Capitol Monday, raging at the new
1:01.4	Republican governor, Scott Walker.
1:03.2	We're broke.
1:04.2	Like nearly every other state across the country, we've got a massive deficit, $3.6 billion
1:09.2	deficit.
1:10.2	A bitter political fight broke out in the state, over what came to be known as ACT-10.
1:15.1	Walker and his Republican allies in the legislature started the fight when they passed a law stripping
1:21.8	collective bargaining rights.
1:23.7	On one side, where state Republicans led by Governor Scott Walker, he was proposing
1:29.4	a plan that would limit public employees' collective bargaining rights.
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