MENOMONIE, Wis. — In the heart of a rural county that Donald Trump handily won four years ago, President Biden and the Democrats have planted their flag in an old-school attempt to eke out another victory in this battleground state. The blue-and-white Dunn County Democrats sign above their new home on the main road from Interstate 94 to downtown Menomonie proclaims to passing drivers that the party has a presence in this red swath of northwest Wisconsin.
And the modest storefront next to a laundromat serves as a brick-and-mortar hub — one of 47 statewide — for grass-roots efforts to harvest as many votes as possible in a Wisconsin election once again expected to be decided by a razor-thin margin. “It couldn’t be in a more high-visibility location,” Pete Huff, the county Democratic chair, said last Friday afternoon as volunteers in the office wrapped plates of bake-sale cookies and made other preparations for a party fund-raiser the next day. “Our biggest thing is just trying to close the gap .
.. so it’s not like a complete blowout in Dunn County.
” Advertisement Biden campaign officials have sought to leverage their early cash advantage over Trump (one that likely is shrinking after huge fund-raising hauls recently reported by the former president following his conviction in New York ) to build the physical infrastructure they believe will pay dividends in a tight race. They now boast more than 175 Democratic campaign offices spread across Wisconsin and seve.