Inside the Touchdown Tavern in the presidential battleground state of Wisconsin,...
REEDSBURG, Wis. - Inside the Touchdown Tavern in the presidential battleground state of Wisconsin, voter Aric Nowicki worries over how the impending release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation could affect the 2020 election for president.
At first glance, the long-awaited Mueller report might seem a political gift for Democrats aiming to reclaim the White House next year. Mueller is widely expected to finish the investigation in the coming weeks. Strategists said candidates who focus too intently on the findings run the risk of appearing shrill and partisan. That could alienate general election voters in key battlegrounds including Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, which went for Democratic former President Barack Obama in 2012 but for Trump in 2016.
Strategists in both major parties said Democratic candidates should be wary about talk of impeaching Trump or putting too much emphasis on the report in general. The area known for its dairy farms, meat production and small breweries will be heavily targeted by presidential campaigns after Trump’s narrow win in Wisconsin in 2016 helped deliver him the White House.
In interviews with two dozen people in the small towns and villages south and west of Wisconsin’s state capital, Madison, the upcoming report was met with frustration and exasperation, illustrating the dangers Democrats face with swing voters if they go too far on the issue.
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