Republicans and Democrats in one of America’s most narrowly divided counties found comfort watching together
The writer is a contributing columnist, based in Chicago Over 51mn Americans watched last week’s painful presidential debate — but few chose to do so sitting shoulder to shoulder with their deepest political rivals. Yet in Kenosha, Wisconsin — one of America’s most narrowly divided counties — 500 Republicans, Democrats and Independents crowded into the pews of a college chapel to watch their candidates bicker. Organisers said it was the largest cross-party debate-watch party in the US.
He didn’t do it,” said Hilliard — who is exactly the kind of moderate voter Biden needs to keep. Heintzelman — exactly the kind of moderate Republican Biden needs to attract — says “everybody thought Trump was going to be a jerk, but he wasn’t”. Hilliard chimes in: “Well he was a jerk, but not as jerky as I would have expected”. Despite this, both men said they plan to vote for Biden. Heintzelman defended his choice by saying the Biden camp has “a slightly longer bench of competent people”.
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