% >> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS A
% PBS WISCONSIN ORIGINAL
% PRODUCTION.
% >> THE THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS
% PART OF OUR HERE AND NOW 2022
% ELECTION COVERAGE.
% ONE WEEK CLOSER TO THE MID-TERM
% ELECTIONS AND CAMPAIGNS ARE
% COURTING NEW VOTERS.
% CLERKS ARE PREPARING FOR THE
% ELECTION IN WAYS THEY NEVER KNEW
% THEY'D HAVE TO.
% AND CAMPAIGN MESSAGING HITS A
% NEW LOW.
% I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG TONIGHT
% ON HERE AND NOW, A REPORT ON THE
% APPEALS POLITICAL PARTIES ARE
% MAKING TO LATINO VOTES.
% WE CHECK IN ON THE THIRD
% CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
% ELECTION INSPECTORS PREPARE FOR
% ACTIVE SHOOTERS.
% AND A LOOK AT FEAR MONGERING
% MESSAGES AND ATTACK ADS.
% IT'S HERE AND NOW FOR
% OCTOBER 21.
% >> FUNDING FOR HERE AND NOW IS
% PROVIDED BY THE FOCUS FUND FOR
% JOURNALISM AND FRIENDS OF PBS
% WISCONSIN.
% >> THE RAZOR THIN MARGINS OF
% WISCONSIN ELECTIONS MEANS
% NEITHER POLITICAL PARTY CAN TAKE
% ANY VOTER FOR GRANTED.
% LEADING UP TO THE MIDTERMS,
% DOCTDEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS AE
% MAKING THEIR APPEALS TO HISPANIC
% AND LATINO VOTERS WITH MORE THAN
% SPEAKING A FEW LINES OF SPANISH
% AT A RALLY, BUT WITH EXPENSE I
% AND LABOR-INTENSIVE DOOR-TO-DOOR
% CAMPAIGNS.
% MARISA WOJCIK BRINGS US THE
% STORY.
% >> THE LATINX VOTE IS VERY
% IMPORTANT AND IT'S BEEN VERY
% CRITICAL IN WISCONSIN IN THE
% LAST MJOR RACES IN 2018 AND
% 2020.
% >> LIKE EVERY ELECTION SEASON,
% CAMPAIGNS ARE GETTING OUT AND
% TALKING TO VOTERS.
% BUT THIS YEAR'S MIDTERM
% ELECTIONS HAVE A PARTICULAR
% FOCUS ON THE HISPANIC AND LATINO
% VOTE IN WISCONSIN.
% >> OUTREACH HAS BEEN SHOWN TO
% MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
% ESPECIALLY DOOR-TO-DOOR
% CAMPAIGNS.
% >> WE DECIDED TO START
% MOBILIZING THE LATINX VOTE.
% >> CNN CNN IS THE CHRISTINE
% NUEMAN ORTIZ IS THE DIRECTOR OF
% VOCES DE LA FRONTERA AND THE ARM
% OF THEIR ORGANIZATION ENDORSES
% CANDIDATES.
% >> CANDIDATES THAT STAND WITH US
% ON IMMIGRANT AND RACIAL JUSTICE,
% WORKERS RIGHTS, AND EDUCATION
% RIGHTS.
% >> FOR VOCES, THOSE CANDIDATES
% HAVE BEEN DEMOCRATS.
% AND HISTORICALLY HISPANIC AND
% LATINO VOTERS HAVE FAVORED THIS
% PARTY.
% >> THEY VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATS
% AND IT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT.
% >> BEN MARQUEZ IS A POLITICAL
% SCIENCE PROFESSOR.
% SPECIALIZING IN CHICANO AND
% LATINO STUDIES.
% >> THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO HAVE A
% GOOD STRATEGY FOR REACHING OUT
% TO LATINO VOTES.
% THEY HAVE TO MAKE CONTACT ON THE
% GROUND.
% THEY HAVE TO CONVINCE THEM THAT
% THE ELECTION IS IMPORTANT, THAT
% THEIR VOTE MATTERS, AND THAT
% THEY SHOULD GO TO ALL OF THIS
% TROUBLE TO GET OUT AND VOTE FOR
% A PARTY THAT OFTENTIMES IT
% DOESN'T DELIVER.
% >> WHEN DEMOCRATS DON'T DELIVER,
% SUPPORT FOR THEM ISN'T
% GUARANTEED.
% >> IN 2020, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO
% DROP OFF OF LATINO PARTICIPATION
% COMPARED TO 2016.
% PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST
% REJECT TRUMP, L LATINOS LIKE OTR
% VOTERS, WANT TO KNOW, WHAT DO
% YOU OFFER?
% WHAT IS THE CHANGE THAT YOU
% OFFER?
% >> ENTER REPUBLICANS.
% >> HISPANIC VOTERS HAVE BEEN,
% BASICALLY, BEEN TAKEN GRANTED BY
% DEMOCRATS.
% >> FLORIDA SENATOR RICK SCOTT
% CHAIRS THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
% SENATOR CORRAL COMMITTEE.
% AND LAUNCHED THE OPERACION VAMOS
% CAMPAIGN IN BATTLEGROUND STATES.
% >> THEY HAVE TO GET ENOUGH TO
% DENY THE DEMOCRATS AN ELECTION.
% >> CONSERVATIVES BELIEVE THEY
% HAVE MORE TO OFFER BASED ON THE
% TOP ISSUES FOR HISPANIC AND
% LATINO VOTERS.
% >> NUMBER ONE IS JOBS.
% NUMBER TWO IS JOBS.
% AND THAT'S NUMBER THREE AS WELL.
% >> IT'S THEIR LIVELIHOOD, IT'S
% THEIR FAITH, IT'S THEIR KIDS,
% AND IT'S THE SAFETY OF THEIR
% COMMUNITIES WHAT THEY ARE
% FOCUSED ON.
% >> REPUBLICANS HAVE A FEW
% STRATEGIES IN THEIR CAMPAIGN.
% THE FIRST IS ON ISSUES.
% AT THE DOORS IN SOUTH MILWAUKEE,
% HELDER TOSTE DOESN'T NEED TO
% PROMPT ANYONE ABOUT CANDIDATES,
% ELECTIONS, OR EVEN THE
% REPUBLICAN PARTY, HE SIMPLY
% ASKS, WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IN
% THEIR LIVES?
% [ SPEAKING IN LANGUAGE OTHER
% THAN ENGLISH ]
% >> THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING
% AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ACCIDENTS
% HERE ON THIS ROAD.
% CARS DRIVE FAST LIKE IT WAS A
% FREEWAY AND, TRULY, IT'S
% DANGEROUS.
% THEY COME OUT TO PLAY AND
% SUDDENLY THE BALL GOES.
% AND A CAR IS GOING BY AND IT'S
% VERY SERIOUS, VERY DANGEROUS.
% [ SPEAKING IN LANGUAGE OTHER
% THAN ENGLISH ]
% >> I HAVE A SON WHO IS HYPER
% ACTIVE IN A SPECIAL CLASS AND
% THEY GOT RID OF ALL OF THIS HELP
% IN THE CLASS IN THE PUBLIC
% SCHOOLS.
% >> ASSAULTS, SHOOTINGS,
% ROBBERIES, IT HAS INCREASED A
% LOT.
% MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT'S SAFETY
% BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU ARE SEEING
% WHAT IS HAPPENING AND YOU START
% TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN.
% >> THE SECOND STRATEGY POINTS A
% FINGER AT THE PARTY CURRENTLY IN
% POWER.
% >> DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT
% HAS DONE HIS JOB?
% GOOD JOB?
% OR BAD JOB?
% >> A BAD JOB.
% BECAUSE HE HASN'T ACCOMPLISHED
% WHAT HE PROMISED.
% >> THEY NEED RESULTS MORE THAN
% THEY NEED PARTY LOYALTY.
% >> AND FINALLY, PERHAPS MOST
% ESSENTIAL, YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP.
% >> YOU'VE LIVED HERE FOR 20
% YEARS, HAS A POLITICAL PARTY
% EVER CALLED YOU OR CONTACTED
% YOU?
% >> NOTHING.
% >> AND WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT
% COMES FROM?
% >> WELL, TRULY BECAUSE WE ARE
% MEXICANS.
% THEY DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO US.
% >> HISPANIC VOTERS ARE WAY MORE
% INCLINED TO VOTE REPUBLICAN, AS
% LONG AS REPUBLICANS REACH OUT
% AND TALK TO THEM.
% THEY ARE FED UP WITH THE PUBLIC
% SCHOOL SYSTEM AROUND THE COUNTRY
% RIGHT NOW.
% THEY WANT A BETTER ECONOMIC
% MARKET.
% THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE
% INFLATION.
% THEY WANT TO LIVE IN SAFE
% COMMUNITIES.
% IF WE TALK ABOUT THOSE ISSUES,
% THEN WE ARE GOING TO WIN
% ELECTIONS.
% >> ONE ISSUE THAT MAY SEEM
% COUNTER INTUITIVE FOR HISPANIC
% AND LATINOS TO SUPPORT
% REPUBLICANS ON IS IMMIGRATION.
% MARIA SAYS IMMIGRATION IS THE
% MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR HER AND
% WHY SHE IS A DEMOCRAT.
% [ SPEAKING IN LANGUAGE OTHER
% THAN ENGLISH ]
% >> IT IS SOMETHING THAT HURTS.
% BECAUSE WE CAME THE SAME WAY.
% WE GOT LUCKY.
% BUT WE ARE THE SAME.
% >> MARQUEZ SAYS THIS IS TIED TO
% THE IMMIGRANT IDENTITY HAS BEEN
% SHOWN TO FADE OVER TIME.
% >> WITH EACH SUCCEEDING
% GENERATION OF LATINOS LIVING IN
% THE UNITED STATES, THE FURTHER
% AWAY THEY GET FROM THAT, AND SO
% THE LATINOS HAD VOTED, YOU KNOW,
% VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP AND HIS
% ANTI-IMMIGRATION POLICY, SAW
% WHAT BORDER ENFORCEMENT WAS, AND
% HEARD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW
% IMMIGRANTS ARE BEING TREATED,
% BUT THEY LOOK AT AND THAT AND
% SAY, WELL, THAT IS NOT ME.
% >> EVEN MARIA SAYS ONE OF HER
% CHILDREN IS REPUBLICAN.
% >> MOST OF MINE IS DEMOCRATS.
% I KNOW OLDEST IS NOT.
% >> THAT IS NOT TO SAY THE
% DEMOCRATS DON'T HOLD THE
% ADVANTAGE.
% >> TWO OUT OF THREE LATINO
% VOTERS SEE THE VALUE IN A LARGE
% SOCIAL WELFARE STATE, CIVIL
% RIGHTS PROTECTION, AND THEY ARE
% WILLING TO PAY FOR THESE THINGS.
% >> THE HISPANIC AND LATINO
% POPULATION HAS BEEN ONE OF THE
% FASTEST GROWING IN THE UNITED
% STATES.
% MAKING THIS SHIFTING VOTING
% BLOCK ALL THE MORE CRUCIAL.
% >> FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS IN
% WISCONSIN, LATINOS HAVE BEEN THE
% LARGEST SEGMENT OF GROWTH.
% >> ABOUT HALF, IF NOT MORE NOW,
% OF ALL WISCONSIN DARE ROADWAY DS
% ARE LATINOS.
% THEY ARE FILLING THE VOID.
% >> IN A STATE LIKE WISCONSIN
% WHERE ELECTIONS ARE FAMOUSLY
% CLOSE, CAMPAIGNS ARE TRYING TO
% REACH EVERY COMMUNITY, EVERY
% VOTER, OR EVERY PERSON WHO KNOWS
% A VOTER.
% >> THERE IS A GENERATION OF
% CHILDREN OF UNDOCUMENTED PARENTS
% WHO ARE TURNING 18 EVERY YEAR
% THAT IS SIGNIFICANT.
% 11,000 IN 2020 TURNED 18,
% ELIGIBLE TO VOTE FOR THE FIRST
% TIME, THOSE PARENTS ARE
% UNDOCUMENTED.
% IN A STATE WHERE THE MARGIN IS
% 18,000 TO 23,000.
% THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S
% DECISIVE.
% BUT IF THEY FEEL THAT THE
% DEMOCRATS ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH,
% THEN THEY FEEL LIKE DROPPING
% OUT.
% >> IN ESSENCE, TURNOUT MATTERS.
% >> BUT WE HAVE TO SHOW UP.
% CANDIDATES HAVE TO SHOW UP AND
% WE HAVE TO TALK TO VOTERS.
% ALL VOTERS.
% >> IF THEY MAKE AN END ROAD TO
% THE LATINO POPULATION, THEY'VE
% GOT A WINNING FORMULA.
% >> REPORTING FOR HERE AND NOW
% I'M MARISA WOJCIK.
% >> IN THE SWING THIRD
% CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN
% WESTERN WISCONSIN, THERE HAVE
% BEEN NO CANDIDATE DEBATES IN THE
% TRUMP ENDORSED CANDIDATE MOSTLY
% DOESN'T DO INTERVIEWS WITH THE
% SO-CALLED "MAINSTREAM MEDIA" AND
% A FEW POLLS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN
% SHOW HIM IN THE LEAD OVER
% DEMOCRAT BRAD PFAFF.
% IS THAT RACE A DONE DEAL?
% WE TURN TO ANTHONY CHERGOSKY.
% THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
% >> THANK YOU.
% >> SO IS IT A DONE-DEAL IN FAVOR
% OF DERRICK VAN ORDEN?
% OR COULD THERE BE A SURPRISE IN
% THIS SWINGY DISTRICT?
% >> THERE COULD BE SURPRISES IN
% WESTERN WISCONSIN.
% BUT I THINK IT IS MOSTLY A DONE
% DEAL.
% YOU LOOK AT THE INVESTMENT THAT
% THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS MAKING,
% AND THERE IS NOT MUCH INVESTMENT
% TO SPEAK OF WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
% THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
% THE MONEY TALKS.
% YOU LOOK AT HOW THE PARTIES ARE
% ALLOCATING THEIR RESOURCES.
% AND THAT TELLS YOU A LOT ABOUT
% HOW THE PARTIES VIEW THIS
% PARTICULAR RACE HERE IN WESTERN
% WISCONSIN.
% >> SO WHAT DO BRAD PFAFF
% SUPPORTERS THINK OF THAT?
% >> I THINK THEY ARE VERY UPSET.
% I HAVE TALKED WITH MANY OF THEM.
% THEY THINK THE PARTY HAS
% ABANDONED BRAD PFAFF.
% THEY THINK BRAD PFAFF IS BEING
% LEFT TO FEND FOR HIMSELF.
% CERTAINLY DEMOCRATS HERE HAVE A
% VERY NEGATIVE VIEW OF DERRICK
% VAN ORDEN THE REPUBLICAN.
% BUT WITHOUT THE RESOURCES TO
% MAKE THAT CASE, THEY ARE GOING
% TO HAVE SOME PROBLEMS.
% AS YOU NOTED, FRED RYKA, THERE
% ARE NO DEBATES, THERE ARE VERY
% FEW CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS.
% THIS IS A RACE THAT IS RELYING
% ON THE 30-SECOND IS TELEVISION
% ADVERTISEMENTS.
% SO THEY NEED THE MONEY TO FUND
% THOSE ADVERTISEMENTS.
% THAT IS HOW THEY ARE PRESENTING
% THEMSELVES TO THE VOTERS.
% >> WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE
% IDEA THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO
% DEBATES, THE TOWN HALLS THAT
% THEY WANTED TO PUT ON DIDN'T
% HAPPEN.
% WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT
% KIND OF A CAMPAIGN?
% >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD
% NOTE IT'S THE END OF A VERY LONG
% TRADITION THAT WE'VE HAD IN
% WESTERN WISCONSIN.
% I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE
% BEEN AROUND POLITICS AND
% LACROSSE IN A VERY LONG TIME.
% THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY CAN
% EVER REMEMBER THERE BEING NO
% DEBATE IN THIS PARTICULAR
% CONGRESSIONAL SEAT.
% IT'S A MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT.
% IT'S A SITUATION WHERE THE
% CANDIDATES ARE JUST RELYING ON
% THAT PAID MEDIA.
% AND THAT MAKES ME EXTREMELY
% WORRIED, FREDERICA.
% IT MAKES ME WORRIED ABOUT THE
% LEVEL OF INFORMATION THE VOTERS
% WILL HAVE AS THEY CAST THEIR
% VOTE.
% VOTERS RELYING ON PAID MEDIA,
% PAID ADVERTISEMENTS, AS A
% POLITICAL SCIENTIST, THAT MAKE
% ME NERVOUS.
% I WOULD MUCH RATHER THERE BE
% DEBATES, UNSCRIPTED SITUATIONS
% WHERE YOU CAN REALLY GET TO KNOW
% THE CANDIDATES IN-DEPTH.
% THE VOTERS ARE JUST NOT GOING TO
% HAVE THAT TYPE OF EXPERIENCE,
% THAT TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY IN THIS
% CAMPAIGN.
% >> ON THE GROUND THERE, WHAT
% ISSUES DOES THIS RACE TURN ON
% THAT COULD BRING PEOPLE OUT TO
% THE POLLS?
% >> ONE OF THE STRIKING ASPECTS
% OF THIS CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN THE
% LACK OF DISCUSSION OF THE
% ISSUES.
% FOR BRAD PFAFF, THE DISCUSSION
% HAS BEEN ABOUT DERRICK VAN
% ORDEN'S PRESENCE IN WASHINGTON,
% D.C. ON JANUARY 6th.
% AND ALSO BRAD PFAFF'SMENT
% SUPPORT FOR ROE VERSE WADE.
% GOING BACK TO THE SITUATION.
% DERRICK VAN ORDEN CAST BRAD
% PFAFF AS A CAREER POLITICIAN.
% SOMEONE WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN
% GOVERNMENT AND HE CONTRAST
% HIMSELF WITH BRAD PFAFF BY
% TALKING ABOUT HOW HE IS A
% POLITICAL OUTSIDER.
% SO WE HAVEN'T HAD MUCH
% DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES AT ALL.
% IT'S MOSTLY ABOUT TRYING TO
% CREATE A PERSONA THROUGH THOSE
% HIGHLY POLISHED, HIGHLY PRODUCED
% TELEVISION COMMERCIALS.
% >> DOES IT SEEM AS THOUGH THE
% JANUARY 6th TIE WITH DERRICK
% VAN ORDEN IS REALLY RESINATING
% AT ALL WITH VOTERS?
% BECAUSE ONE RECENT HEADLINE
% SAID, VOTERS SHRUG OFF GOP
% CANDIDATES JANUARY 6th TIE.
% >> I THINK DEMOCRATS HERE ARE
% FRUSTRATED THEY DON'T HAVE THE
% RESOURCES TO MAKE THAT CASE
% AGAINST DERRICK VAN ORDEN.
% THERE HAS BEEN SOME EFFORT BY
% DEMOCRATS HERE TO EMPHASIZE HOW
% DERRICK VAN ORDEN WAS IN
% WASHINGTON, D.C. ON
% JANUARY 6th.
% DEMOCRATS HAVE TRIED TO RAISE
% QUESTIONS AND RAISE CONCERNS
% ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY DERRICK VAN
% ORDEN WAS DOING IN D.C. ON THAT
% DAY.
% BUT IN A CAMPAIGN THAT RELIES SO
% MUCH ON PAID ADVERTISEMENTS, IN
% A CAMPAIGN WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE
% UNSCRIPTED MOMENTS, INTERVIEWS,
% TOWN HALLS, DEBATES, YOU'VE GOT
% TO RELY ON THAT PAID
% ADVERTISEMENT AND RIGHT NOW THE
% DEMOCRATS DON'T HAVE THE
% RESOURCES TO RUN A SUSTAINED
% CAMPAIGN FOCUSING ON
% JANUARY 6th AS THEY GO AGAINST
% DERRICK VAN ORDEN.
% >> SO YOU'VE MADE AN INTERESTING
% POINT THAT THIRD WAS KIND OF THE
% LAST HOPE FOR DEMOCRATS OUTSIDE
% OF THEIR STRONGHOLD IN MADISON
% AND MILWAUKEE.
% WHAT KIND OF AN EXAMPLE IS THIS
% OF A STATE DIVIDED BETWEEN URBAN
% AND RURAL?
% >> THIS IS GOING TO BE A
% FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF THE URBAN
% RURAL DIVIDE IF THIS DISTRICT
% DOES GO REPUBLICAN IN NOVEMBER.
% BECAUSE THEN WHAT WILL WE HAVE?
% IF THIS DISTRICT GOES RED, WE
% WILL HAVE A 6-2 SPLIT IN THE
% HOUSE DELEGATION FOR WISCONSIN.
% WE'LL HAVE SIX REPUBLICANS, TWO
% DEMOCRATS.
% WE'LL HAVE BOTH DEMOCRATS
% REPRESENTING THE MAJOR URBAN
% AREAS WAREAS.
% A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW THE
% STATE IS SO DIVIDED BETWEEN
% URBAN AND RURAL.
% FREDERICA, I THINK THAT IS WHERE
% WE MAY BE HEADING THIS NOVEMBER.
% >> ANTHONY CHERGOSKY, THANKS
% VERY MUCH.
% >> THANK YOU.
% >> FOR MORE OF OUR COVERAGE ON
% THE RACE IN THE THIRD
% CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, VISIT
% OUR WEBSITE AT PBSWISCONSIN.ORG
% AND CLICK ON THE NEWS TAB.
% >> WITH GUIDANCE FROM ELECTION
% AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS,
% POLL WORKERS ACROSS THE STATE
% HAVE BEEN TRAINING FOR POTENTIAL
% DISRUPTIONS, EVEN VIOLENCE, ON
% ELECTION DAY.
% IN ONE SMALL CITY IN SOUTH
% CENTRAL WISCONSIN, THE ELECTION
% CLERK THERE HOSTED TRAININGS
% ABOUT WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF
% GUN VIOLENCE WHILE TRYING TO
% BALANCE BETWEEN CREATING
% AWARENESS AND SCARING THE
% DAYLIGHTS OUT OF POLL WORKERS.
% >> LET THEM KNOW IT'S AN ACTIVE
% THREAT, ACTIVE SHOOTER.
% >> THIS IS ACTIVE SHOOTER
% TRAINING FOR A ROOM FULL OF
% ELECTION INSPECTORS IN THE SMALL
% CITY OF STOTEN.
% >> STAY AWAY FROM THE DOORWAYS
% AND WINDOWS.
% >> THEY LOOK ON AFTER ARRANGING
% THE TRAINING IN PREPARATION FOR
% ELECTION DAY.
% >> YOU SEEM ALMOST EMOTIONAL
% ABOUT THIS.
% WHY?
% >> THEY ARE MY RESPONSIBILITY.
% THIS IS JUST A TOUGH TIME RIGHT
% NOW, TOO, BECAUSE ALL THE CLERKS
% ARE UNDER SO MUCH STRESS RIGHT
% NOW AND WORKING UP TO
% NOVEMBER 8th.
% >> STRESS BORN OF RAPIDLY
% CHANGING VOTING PROCEDURES AND
% TODAY'S POLITICAL I HAVE
% INDUSTRIAL.
% >> WE NEED A LANDSLIDE SO BIG
% THE RADICAL LEFT CAN NOT RIG IT
% OR STEAL IT.
% >> WHERE A ROOM FULL OF POLL
% WORKERS COULD BE SITTING DUCKS.
% IS IT TARGETED?
% COULD IT BE?
% WE HATE TO THINK THAT WAY, BUT I
% FEEL THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS
% DICTATING THAT.
% WE REALLY NEED TO BE AWARE.
% AND BE PREPARED.
% >> AND THIS BLOOD IS GOING TO
% SOAK INTO THIS GAUZE AND IT WILL
% START TO CLOT UP.
% >> AWARENESS AND PREPARATION
% THAT ALSO INCLUDES TEACHING
% THESE ELECTION INSPECTORS HOW TO
% PACK GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO STOP
% BLEEDING.
% >> WHEN YOU GO TO THE POLLING
% LOCATIONS, TAKE A GLANCE AROUND
% AND SEE, IS THERE A NEARBY ROOM
% WHERE I CAN BARRICADE MYSELF
% INTO THAT ROOM?
% >> TRAINEES LEARN TO HAVE THEIR
% HEAD IN THE GAME AT ALL TIMES.
% FROM CONSIDERATION OF
% BARRICADING AGAINST ASSAILANTS,
% TO HIDING.
% >> AGAIN, WHEN YOU ARE HIDING,
% DON'T HIDE ALL TOGETHER.
% YOU WANT TO BE SPREAD OUT
% AMONGST THE ROOM AS FAR AWAY
% FROM EACH OTHER AS YOU CAN.
% BECAUSE IF YOU ALL GO INTO ONE
% SPOT, IT MAKES IT ONE REALLY BIG
% EASY TARGET.
% >> OFFICER ALSO DESCRIBE HOW THE
% ELECTION INSPECTORS CAN SUBDUE
% SHOOTERS IF THEY ARE UP TO IT.
% >> THIS IS A POINT WHERE YOU
% BELIEVE THIS PERSON IS
% POTENTIALLY GOING TO KILL YOU OR
% KILL SOMEONE ELSE.
% DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?
% >> FOR VETERAN POLL WORKERS
% WHOSE MASTERY LIES IN VOTING
% RULES AND REGULATIONS, LEARNING
% ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE SEEMS A
% SAD REALITY OF THE CURRENT
% POLITICAL CLIMATE.
% >> I THINK IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT
% OUR CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION.
% I WISH IT WASN'T THIS WAY.
% IT IS.
% IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THE TRAINING
% AND HOPEFULLY WE WON'T NEED IT.
% >> INSPECTORS WE SPOKE WITH ARE
% KEENLY CONCERNED ABOUT UNSETTLED
% RULES AROUND ELECTION OBSERVERS
% AND SHIFTING RULES ON ABSENTEE
% BALLOT CURING.
% MEANWHILE, U.S. ATTORNEYS IN
% WISCONSIN ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK
% THAT THEIR OFFICES WILL HANDLE
% COMPLAINTS ON ELECTION DAY
% INCLUDING THREATS OF VIOLENCE,
% FRAUD, AND VOTING RIGHTS
% CONCERNS.
% THE FBI WILL ALSO HAVE SPECIAL
% AGENTS ON HAND.
% ALSO TONIGHT, WHAT ISSUES ARE
% YOUNG PEOPLE SAYING ARE
% IMPORTANT TO THEM?
% AHEAD OF THE
% MIDTERM ELECTIONS?
% WE SPANNED OUT ACROSS THE STATE
% TO INTERVIEW STUDENTS INCLUDING
% THOSE FROM TWO PBS NEWS HOUR
% REPORTING LABS HIGH SCHOOLS.
% HERE'S A SAMPLING OF WHAT THEY
% TOLD US 3.
% >> THE MAIN ISSUES THAT MATTER
% TO ME ARE ABORTION RIGHTS, LGBTQ
% RIGHTS, AND PROBABLY GUN
% CONTROL.
% >> I MEAN, I THINK THERE ARE A
% LOT OF BIG ISSUES RIGHT NOW.
% I WOULD SAY THE THREE THAT
% MATTER TO ME THE MOST ARE THE
% ECONOMY, FOREIGN POLICY, AND
% PRIVACY.
% >> THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE IS
% DEFINITELY GLOBAL WARMING.
% BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER
% WHAT -- IF WE CAN VOTE OR WHO WE
% ARE IF THE PLANET IS DEAD.
% >> THE BIG ISSUE THAT IS VERY
% IMPORTANT TO ME IS WOMEN'S
% RIGHTS AND ESPECIALLY OVER A
% BODY, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME LIKE
% THIS WHEN OUR BODIES ARE BEING
% CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
% >> THE ISSUES HAS TO DO WITH THE
% COMMUNITY I'M A PART OF.
% ISSUES THAT SURROUND IMMIGRANTS
% AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AND LGBTQ
% ISSUES.
% >> SOME ISSUES THAT ARE
% IMPORTANT TO ME ARE CLIMATE
% CHANGE, OUR CHANGING ENVIRONMENT
% AND THE WORLD AROUND US.
% I BELIEVE ABORTION SHOULD BE A
% RIGHT AND BE PROTECTED FOR EVERY
% WOMAN REGARDLESS OF THE
% SITUATION.
% >> I THINK A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO
% CHOOSE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
% GUN CONTROL.
% TAXES.
% MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
% LEGALIZATION OR
% DECRIMINALIZATION OF DRUGS.
% BUT THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR ME
% IS VOTING RIGHTS.
% JUST IN GENERAL ACROSS THE
% COUNTRY.
% >> THANKS TO THE PBS WISCONSIN
% EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR HELPING
% GATHER THOSE YOUTH VOICES.
% NOW TURNING TO THE U.S. SENATE
% RACE.
% >> MANDELA BARNES DANGEROUSLY
% LIBERAL ON CRIME.
% >> MANDELA BARNES HE STANDS WITH
% THEM.
% NOT US.
% >> MANDELA BARNES NOT JUST A
% DEMOCRAT, A DANGEROUS DEMOCRAT.
% >> SO DIFFERENT AND DANGEROUS.
% WE JUST SAW THE WORDS AND IMAGES
% IN CAMPAIGN ADS FOR REPUBLICAN
% SENATOR RON JOHNSON THAT ARE
% USED TO DESCRIBE HIS DEMOCRATIC
% CHALLENGER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
% MANDELA BARNES.
% MANY OBSERVERS SAY THIS KIND OF
% MESSAGING GOES WAY BEYOND BEING
% RACIALLY TINGED.
% JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN SAYS IT'S
% NOTHING OF THE SORTS.
% THAT RON JOHNSON IS TALKING TO
% VOTERS ABOUT THE ISSUES
% IMPORTANT TO THEM INCLUDING OUT
% OF CONTROL CRIME.
% HERE TO UNPACK THE DIVISION AND
% HOW WISCONSIN VOTERS MAY RESPOND
% TO THIS IS JOHN EASON.
% THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
% HERE.
% >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
% >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE
% KIND OF MESSAGING THAT WE ARE
% SEEING NOW IN THE WISCONSIN U.S.
% SENATE RACE?
% >> I THINK IT'S REMINISCENT OF
% ADS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST.
% FROM WILLIE HORTON TO THE GOLD
% WATER CAMPAIGN WITH THE LONG
% BLACK SHADOW HAND REALLY
% REACHING OUT AND SPEAKING ABOUT
% CRIME.
% AND EQUATING BLACKNESS WITH
% CRIME.
% >> DO YOU THINK IT GOES BEYOND
% THOSE KINDS OF OLDER MESSAGES?
% >> I THINK IT'S IRONICALLY RIGHT
% ON BRAND.
% BUT I THINK GIVEN HOW HYPER
% POLARIZED WE ARE TODAY, THERE IS
% NO REAL TOWN SQUARE IN AMERICA
% THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO HAVE
% REAL CHECKS AND BALANCES, THAT
% THIS IS JUST RIGHT ON BRAND.
% I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY WORSE.
% >> I MEAN THE MESSAGES ARE
% CONNECTED TO, ON THE ONE HAND
% CRIME RATES, AND ON THE OTHER
% HAND, MASS INCARCERATION AND
% POLICING REFORM.
% BUT YOU HAVE SAID, WHEN YOU HAVE
% GENERAL MISINFORMATION AND YOU
% THROW RACISM INTO THE MIX,
% THAT'S A PRETTY POWERFUL ELIXIR.
% HOW SO?
% >> RACISM -- THIS COUNTRY HAS A
% LONG HISTORY OF THIS.
% THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO TRY TO DENY
% OR MINIMIZE HOW MUCH RACE OR
% RACISM, SPECIFICALLY, MATTERS.
% BUT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SO MUCH,
% YOU KNOW, FROM PEOPLE LEAVING
% SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, WHOLE
% CONTINGENCY SWATHS OF PEOPLE
% BEING SILOED WITHIN SOCIAL MEDIA
% PLATFORMS, AND OUR NEWS IS VERY
% SEGMENTED.
% WHEN YOU ADD RACISM INTO THAT,
% YOU ADD -- YOU EVEN FURTHER
% DIMINISH THE BENEFIT OF DOUBT
% AND YOU FURTHER DEHUMANIZE
% PEOPLE.
% >> DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS TESTING
% OF BLACK MEN OF DANGEROUS IS
% NORMALIZED IN THE MAJORITY WHITE
% WISCONSIN?
% >> I THINK IT HAS BEEN
% NORMALIZED AND NOT JUST A
% MAJORITY WHITE WISCONSIN, BUT
% THIS IS NORMALIZED ACROSS THE
% COUNTRY.
% >> SO JOHNSON'S ADS HAVE
% COINCIDED WITH HIS RISE IN THE
% POLLS.
% OVERTAKING BARNES.
% ONE PUN DENT TOLD US, WELL, IT
% WORKS.
% THIS KIND OF ATTACK AD.
% WHAT DOES THAT SAY, THOUGH,
% ABOUT TODAY'S, KIND OF, SCORCHED
% EARTH POLITICS?
% >> IT'S NOT SO MUCH IT'S JUST
% ABOUT CRIME, IT'S THE FEAR OF
% CRIME.
% AND THE FEAR OF CRIME WHICH IS
% LINKED TO BLACK PEOPLE, WE'VE
% SEEN THIS FOREVER, BUT IT SAYS A
% LOT ABOUT OUR POLITICS IN TERMS
% OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
% FORWARD.
% RIGHT?
% SO I'M HOPEFUL STILL BECAUSE WE
% HAVE SO MANY NEW VOTERS WHO MAY
% NOT BE CAPTURED IN THESE POLLS.
% WE HAVE SO MANY YOUNG VOTERS WHO
% ARE GOING TO PRIMARILY VOTE
% DEMOCRATIC, THAT THERE MAY BE
% SOME HOPE FOR CHANGING THE TONE
% AND TENURE OF OUR POLITICS.
% >> YOU FEEL AS THOUGH THESE KIND
% OF MESSAGES ARE KIND OF DIRECTED
% AT THE OLDER ELECTORATE?
% >> THEY DEFINITELY ARE.
% I THINK THIS IS SPEAKING TO
% PEOPLE WHOSE MINDS ARE ALREADY
% MADE UP.
% I DON'T THINK THEY WILL SWAY
% MANY NEW OR YOUNGER VOTERS WHO,
% ESPECIALLY -- EVEN IN RURAL
% COMMUNITIES.
% I THINK BECAUSE OF HOW WELL
% WISCONSIN'S EDUCATION SYSTEM IS
% COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE
% COUNTRY, I'M JUST WAY MORE
% HOPEFUL.
% BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE DON'T HAVE
% MUCH ROOM.
% RIGHT?
% TO MOVE FORWARD.
% WE DON'T HAVE A BASE TO REALLY
% PUSH FORWARD AND PUSH PAST WHERE
% WE'VE BEEN.
% NOT JUST IN WISCONSIN, BUT
% ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
% >> BUT STILL HOW DIVISIVE IS
% THIS IN A STATE ALREADY KEENLY
% DIVIDED BY RACE AND POLITICAL
% LINES?
% >> I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY
% DIVISIVE.
% I THINK -- BUT THE PEOPLE WHO IT
% IS FUELING, THE ADS THAT THE
% MARKETS THEY ARE TARGETING, I
% THINK EVERYONE'S MIND IS KIND OF
% MADE UP ALREADY.
% I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO
% SWAY PEOPLE ONE WAY OR THE
% OTHER.
% I DON'T THINK SOMEONE IS GOING
% TO SEE THIS AND SAY THIS IS NEW
% INFORMATION OR I HAVE A BRAND
% NEW VIEW ON MANDELA BARNES.
% >> PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE THEIR
% MINDS' MADE UP ALREADY, BUT HOW
% HURTFUL IS IT?
% >> THIS IS PART OF WHY I'M
% HOPEFUL.
% YOUNGER VOTERS, IN PARTICULAR,
% I'VE SEEN NOT ONLY IN MY
% CLASSROOMS BUT IN MENTORING
% GRADUATE STUDENTS AS WELL,
% YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE
% HOPEFUL, YOU WILL SEE THIS IN
% THE COMING DAYS AT THANKSGIVING
% DINNERS WHEN THEY ARE PUSHING
% BACK AGAINST THEIR, YOU KNOW,
% THE EXCUSE WE GET TO LET THE OLD
% DRUNK UNCLE GO OFF AND RANT
% ABOUT WHATEVER HE WANTED.
% YOU SEE MORE FRICTION IN
% FAMILIES NOW AT HOLIDAYS BECAUSE
% YOUNGER PEOPLE AREN'T PUTTING UP
% WITH THIS ANYMORE.
% >> ALL RIGHT JOHN, THANKS VERY
% MUCH.
% >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
% >> FOR MORE ON THIS AND OTHER
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% I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
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