Biden's personal touch and the Supreme Court boost Democrats' enthusiasm in this swing county
MANITOWOC, Wis. — Democratic voters in this working-class town on the shores of Lake Michigan just got a double jolt of motivation to cast their ballots for Joe Biden: a visit from their party's nominee, and a vacancy on the Supreme Court that President Donald Trump is vowing to fill before the election.
"For Trump to push this through, it's absolutely crazy to me. They should wait until we know who the next president is going to be," said Claudette Quint, 58, who works in the shipping department at a local hydraulic components maker. Peggy Turnbull, 66, a retired college librarian, said she can't understand"the incredible hypocrisy by the Republicans."
Growing excitement for Biden fueled by his visit, his second to this key battleground state this month, together with growing anger over the Supreme Court — an issue that has historically tended to motivate Republicans to vote far more than it has Democrats — seem to be working to Biden's advantage. In 2008, Obama won Manitowoc County by a comfortable 8 percentage points. In 2012, Obama lost it to Mitt Romney by 2.8 percentage points.
But with a Supreme Court seat on the line and his frustration with Trump mounting —"I don't want a madman in office for four more years," he said. Snoeyenbos, who described himself as an independent, said he's voting for Biden this year. He said he wants Democrats to do everything they can to counter GOP efforts to fill the vacancy in case the election outcome ends up being decided by the Supreme Court, as it was in 2000.
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