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Partners in Wisconsin posited that if a referendum about a national
health insurance plan was put to voters in plain, descriptive language, and avoided potentially polarizing phrases like Medicare for All and single-payer, a majority of voters would approve it, even in a significantly GOP-leaning rural county in Wisconsin.
An 11-point technique was developed and successful in receiving unanimous approval, despite a Republican-led county board, to be put on the ballot.
The experiment was a success at the ballot box, winning the majority of the vote and outperforming Democratic candidates across the county. You may have even heard about the success in Dunn County, Wisconsin, as the victory gained national media attention.
ROCC is partnering with the engineers of this strategy and is utilizing the documented technique as a model to implement in other counties throughout Wisconsin as a tool to affect both short-term and long-term goals: turning out additional voters and defeating partisan bias in rural areas by leading directly on the issues themselves.
Please join with us in carrying out work like this through the Rural Outreach Coordinated Campaign by visiting RuralOrganizers.com or empower this project in Wisconsin and the continuing initiatives of ROCC by chipping in a small donation!
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