%-NOW BACK
TO PRESIDENTIAL%-POLITICS.
%-ALL
EYES
ARE
ON
WISCONSIN
THIS
%-FALL
AND
PARTICULARLY
ON
RURAL
%-WISCONSIN,
WHERE A
TIGHT
%-STATEWIDE VOTE COULD
BE
DECIDED.
%-WE
TRAVELED
TO
CLARK COUNTY TO
%-SEE
HOW
VOTERS
THERE
WERE
%-APPROACHING ELECTION
DAY.
%-HERE'S
PORTIA
YOUNG.
%->>
AMERICA'S
HEARTLAND
IS
%-HISTORICALLY WHERE POLITICAL
%-CANDIDATES
FIND A
STRONG
%-CONSERVATIVE
BASE.
%-RURAL
WISCONSIN
IS
TRADITIONALLY%-NO
DIFFERENT
.
%->>
WE'RE IN
THE
MIDDLE
OF A
%-CONSERVATIVE AREA.%-I CAN'T
SEE
THAT
CHANGING.%->>
THAT'S
EDITOR OF THE
%-NEWSPAPER IN
LOYAL, A
SMALL
%-DAIRY TOWN IN
THE
NORTHWEST
PART%-OF THE
STATE.
%-LOYAL IS
ALSO
IN
CLARK
COUNTY,
%-WHERE THERE ARE TWICE
AS
MANY
%-DAIRY
COWS
AS
PEOPLE.
%->>
HE
SAYS
FISCAL
CONSERVATISM%-AND THE
AIL
ABORTION ISSUE
DRIVE THE
%-VOTE.
%-THIS
IS
DEFINITELY
REPUBLICAN
%-TERRITORY NO MATTER
WHO
THE
%-CANDIDATE.
%-HE
ACKNOWLEDGES
BEING
THE
ODD
%-MAN
OUT
AS A
DEMOCRAT.%->>
NOBODY
SEEMS TO BE
ABLE
TO
%-MEET IN THE
MIDDLE OR
LISTEN TO
%-THE OTHER SIDE.
%-THIS IS WHAT
I
THINK.
%-I'M
NOT
SO
SURE A GOOD
FRIEND OF
%-MINE A
COUPLE
WEEKS AGO
CALL
ME%-AN IDIOT
BECAUSE I'M
NOT
VOTING
%-FOR TRUMP IN THE
FALL.
%-SO THERE YOU HAVE
IT.
%->>
HE
SAYS
COVID-19
ALSO
WIDENED
%-THE
DIVIDE, A
DIVIDE
HE
THINKS
%-BECAME CLEAR
FOUR YEARS
AGO.
%-FARMERS, A
LARGE POPULATION IN
%-THIS
COUNTY,
HAVE
TRADITIONALLY
%-VOTED REPUBLICAN AND
HAVE
TAKEN%-A
BIG
ECONOMIC
HIT OVER
THE
LAST
%-FIVE
YEARS.
%-YOUNG
DAIRY
FARMERS
ROBIN
AND
%-CHRIS
SAY
THEY
HAVEN'T MADE
UP
%-THEIR
MINDS,
BUT
UNDERSTAND
WHY%-THERE
IS
STILL SO MUCH
SUPPORT
%-FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP
IN
CLARK
%-COUNTY.%->> THE
REPUBLICAN
PARTY
STARTED%-HERE IN
WISCONSIN.%->>
I
GUESS
WHAT
PEOPLE
LIKE
%-ABOUT
TRUMP,
TOO, HE
SAYS
HE'S
%-GOING TO
DO
SOMETHING,
HE DOES
%-IT,
YOU
KNOW?
%-I GUESS
THAT'S
WHAT A LOT
OF
%-PEOPLE AROUND HERE
LIKE.
%-BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT PEOPLE
ARE
%-AROUND
HERE.
%-PEOPLE ARE
TRUE
TO
THEIR
WORD
%-AROUND HERE.%-SO I
THINK
THAT
HAS A
LOT TO
DO
%-WITH IT.
%-YOU
DON'T
KNOW
HOW
THE
PERSON
%-REALLY IS
UNLESS YOU
MEET
THEM
%-FACE-TO-FACE, WHICH
IS HARD TO
%-DO.%->>
SOME
POLITICAL
WRITERS
THINK%-DONALD TRUMP
WINNING
RURAL
%-WISCONSIN MIGHT BE HARDER TO
DO
%-THIS
TIME AROUND.
%-HE WON
WISCONSIN
FOUR
YEARS AGO
%-
IN SMALL
TOWNS
LIKE
LOYAL
AND
IN
%-RURAL
COUNTIES.%->>
THANKS
TO
PORTIA
YOUNG
AND
%-MILWAUKEE PBS
FOR
THAT
REPORT.
%-AND THAT IS
ALL
FOR
TONIGHT'S
%-PROGRAM.
%-I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.
%-HAVE A
GREAT
WEEKEND.
%->>
FOR
MORE "HERE AND
NOW"
2020
%-ELECTION COVERAGE,
GO
TO
%-pbs.org AND
CLICK ON
NEWS.
%->>
FUNDING
FOR "HERE AND
NOW"
IS
%-PROVIDED BY
THE
FOCUS
FUND
FOR
%-JOURNALISM AND
FRIENDS
OF PBS
%-WISCONSIN.