The party wants to focus on the Midwest in 2020
MILWAUKEE HAS fine breweries, a Harley Davidson museum and a history of attracting lively socialist settlers from Europe. It offers views over Lake Michigan. And it is just big enough, with 17,000 hotel rooms, to host hefty conferences. But none of that explains why the city beat Miami and Houston, bigger rivals, to host the Democratic convention in July 2020.
Democratic bosses want to show that the Midwest—and especially Wisconsin—won’t be forgotten in that way again. Philip Rocco, a political scientist at Marquette University, in Milwaukee, talks of the “acrid tang of 2016” as Democrats try “to counteract their failure to truly campaign” there. He expects the party will emphasise “how the state’s working class has failed to flourish under Republican leadership”, after eight years of Scott Walker as governor and four years of Mr Trump.
Can Democrats expect to do better in Wisconsin in 2020, assuming they pay greater attention? There are some positive signs. In November, Tony Evers, a Democrat, managed to turf out Mr Walker from the governor’s mansion. A Democratic senator, Tammy Baldwin, held her seat, and 53% of the votes cast for the state assembly went to Democrats . Much depended on urban votes.
The strategy Democrats adopt in the Midwest will largely depend on which candidate dominates at the convention in Milwaukee. Mr Sanders is considered to have a big advantage in Wisconsin. He can also draw on well-established local activist groups to serve as his campaign infrastructure. Joe Biden, who has not yet announced, could also do well among traditional Democratic supporters, notably in places, like southern Wisconsin, long dominated by manufacturing.
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