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By Wisconsin Watch
With nearly 2 million Wisconsin ballots already cast, hundreds of thousands of voters ventured from their homes today in the midst of a raging pandemic to finalize the state’s judgment on the next president — and help cement the nation’s future for the next four years.
The weather was unseasonably mild, with high temperatures around the state from the mid-50s to the mid-60s and no rain in sight.
In 2016, voters from three states — Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — handed Republican Donald Trump a narrow victory over Hillary Clinton. This time, former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden appears better positioned to compete for Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes.
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To underscore Wisconsin’s national importance, Trump on Monday night made his penultimate port that “you’re the ones that put us over the top.”
“We sent in the guard — and we saved Kenosha,” Trump said, repeating a false statement that he had deployed the National Guard in the city. In fact, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers rejected Trump’s offer of help from the Department of Homeland Security. Evers ordered up the Wisconsin National Guard, made up mostly of state residents, to assist law enforcement.
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Ahead of this election, activists including Melody McCurtis and Danell Cross called their Metcalfe Park neighbors and knocked on their doors — one of several efforts to mobilize people of color in Milwaukee who disproportionately sat out the election four years ago.
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Note: the home page photo shows a line of socially distanced citizens waiting to vote today at Celebration Ministry Center in Appleton. The line stretched from inside the building, along the building and through a large field to cars parked on the street due to overflow. (Photo by Dan Powers, USA TODAY NETWORK, provided by Wisconsin Watch)