Wisconsin Democrats look for do-over with rural voters after Trump-era shellacking
CNN
It was the moment the lifeless body of a 1,500-pound steer was hoisted in the air, blood pouring from its neck, that Mandela Barnes knew he was a long way from his comfort zone.
Born and raised in Milwaukee, Barnes' political upbringing is intertwined with Wisconsin's urban heart, a place that could not have been more different to the scene at Hoesly's Meats here in rural New Glarus. As the still steaming bovines were processed, the state's lieutenant governor turned to a few aides, his eyes the size of saucers. This was new for him, he later admitted.
The stop was one of many for Barnes over a weeklong swing last month through rural counties ahead of Wisconsin's Democratic Senate primary this summer, the precursor for one of the party's best chances to flip a Senate seat in 2022. It was evidence that Democrats realize that the path to unseating two-term Republican Sen. Ron Johnson will require winning back at least some of the rural voters who fled the party to back Donald Trump.
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