{"id":2215756,"date":"2024-04-08T16:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T20:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-dropping-millions-in-wisconsin-to-fuel-bottom-up-excitement-for-biden\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T16:15:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T20:15:18","slug":"democrats-dropping-millions-in-wisconsin-to-fuel-bottom-up-excitement-for-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-dropping-millions-in-wisconsin-to-fuel-bottom-up-excitement-for-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats are investing millions in Wisconsin to boost grassroots support for Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-dropping-millions-in-wisconsin-to-fuel-bottom-up-excitement-for-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2215756&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A well-funded outside \u200dgroup, The States Project, plans to invest over \u2063$1 million in Wisconsin to support\u200c Democrats in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kemp-and-youngkin-appear-at-conservative-conference-as-donors-quietly-push-white-house-run\/\" title=\"Kemp and Youngkin attend conservative conference amid whispers of White House bid.\">state\u2062 legislative races<\/a>. They aim to flip \u200cWisconsin\u2019s State Assembly, taking\u200b advantage of new maps for the first time \u2064in over\u200b a decade. Republicans have historically held a strong majority\u200b in the state&#8217;s Assembly. The States Project, a well-funded external group, \u200cintends to inject over $1 million into backing \u2063Democrats in \u200cWisconsin&#8217;s state legislative contests. Their \u2064goal is to overturn the traditional Republican dominance in the state&#8217;s Assembly by leveraging new electoral maps for the first time in \u200bmore than\u2063 ten years.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A group keyed in on state legislative battles is reportedly spending at least $1 million to boost Democrats in Wisconsin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/08\/us\/politics\/wisconsin-legislature-democrats-spending.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>legislative races<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The States Project, an outside group with deep pockets, has yet to release its 2024 budget but has pledged to spend at least a million dollars in the Badger State, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/08\/us\/politics\/wisconsin-legislature-democrats-spending.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> a <em>New York Times<\/em> report. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur electoral work focuses on winning governing majorities in the states by making state legislative campaigns more effective and better-funded,\u201d the States Project website <a href=\"https:\/\/statesproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>says<\/a>, adding that it believes \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-exclusive-analysis-of-election-night-data-from-all-states-shows-millions-of-votes-either-switched-from-president-trump-to-biden-or-were-lost-using-dominion-and-other-systems\/\" title=\"BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Analysis of Election Night Data from All States Shows MILLIONS OF VOTES Either Switched from President Trump to Biden or Were Lost -- Using Dominion and Other Systems\">state legislatures<\/a> are the strongest force for change\u201d in the United States. <\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/cook-pvi\/2022-partisan-voting-index\/state-map-and-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>near-even<\/a> split between Republicans and Democrats.\u00a0It is one of seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-sidney-powell-witness-whom-ny-times-described-as-always-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-concludes-hundreds-of-thousands-of-votes-transferred-from-trump-to-biden-in-all-battleground-states\/\" title=\"HUGE! Sidney Powell Witness Whom NY Times Described as \"Always the Smartest Person in the Room\" Concludes Hundreds of Thousands of Votes Transferred from Trump to Biden IN ALL BATTLEGROUND STATES\">key battleground states<\/a> going into the 2024 general election.<\/p>\n<p>Under new maps, for the first time in more than a decade, Democrats have the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2901846\/democrats-could-flip-wisconsin-state-assembly-first-time-in-decade-new-maps\/\">opportunity to flip<\/a> Wisconsin\u2019s State Assembly, and outside groups are eyeing the Badger State as a place to flip blue. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaps can make a chamber uncompetitive, but maps aren\u2019t going to win a chamber,\u201d said Daniel Squadron, co-founder of the States Project. He pointed to who was most successful in Michigan, a Democratic stronghold at the state level: \u201cGood candidates who have a great relationship with their constituents or their voters, who have a good recognition of who their voters are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, when Wisconsin\u2019s previous legislative maps were implemented, the Wisconsin GOP held a heavy majority. Republicans held at least 60 of the state\u2019s 99 Assembly seats for the last 12 years. For 28 of the last 30 years, Republicans held on to a majority of the state\u2019s Assembly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therecombobulationarea.news\/p\/projections-republican-favored-democrat-assembly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNalysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CNAnalysis<\/a>. Republicans are predicted to hang on to their majority in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the Scott Walker-era maps for being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/12\/22\/wisconsin-supreme-court-legislative-maps-redistricting\/\">unconstitutional<\/a>. They were considered to be some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/gerrymander.princeton.edu\/redistricting-report-card\/?planId=recAW6q19I516nHpc\">most gerrymandered<\/a> maps in the county.<\/p>\n<p>National Democrats also have their eyes on the Badger State. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee has already donated $24,000 to each chamber of Wisconsin\u2019s legislature, the Assembly and Senate. Wisconsin is part of its $60 million budget this year. The timing of the new maps is viewed as a good way to bolster support at the state level for Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of vibrance down ballot, with state legislatures being part of the story of 2022 and hopefully the story of 2024,\u201d said Vicky Hausman, a founder of Forward Majority, a Democratic super PAC. <\/p>\n<p>The Republican State Leadership Committee has not yet released its budget, but Wisconsin is on its list of states where it plans to defend legislative majorities. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt comes as no surprise that Wisconsin Democrats are hopelessly dependent upon out-of-state donors and outside groups to remain competitive. From the Wausau mayoral race to the Zuckerbucks referendums, Wisconsinites are ditching the WisDem charade and embracing common sense Republican policies,\u201d Matt Fisher, Wisconsin GOP spokesman, said. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In last week\u2019s statewide primary, Wisconsin voters passed GOP-backed referendums, including banning private money from being used to fund elections. <\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin\u2019s Democratic Party did not respond to the <em>Washington Examiner\u2019s <\/em>request for comment. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An organization focusing on state legislative battles is investing over $1 million to support Democrats in Wisconsin&#8217;s legislative contests. The States Project, a well-funded external group, plans to allocate a minimum of $1 million in the state for the upcoming year, as per reports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2215757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/madtown-1024x576.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2215756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/madtown-1024x576.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2215756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2215757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2215756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2215756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2215756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}