MADISON, Wis.— Hundreds of Wisconsinites joined a phone bank to rally support for Joe Biden, and got a message from Dr. Jill Biden.
In normal times, a presidential candidate, their staff, or their spouse would be coming to campaign offices to thank volunteers for their work. Because of the pandemic, that’s not happening as it usually would.
Instead, Jill Biden dropped by a virtual phone bank Zoom call Saturday.
“The Fox Valley has some of the strongest neighborhood action teams in the state,” she said to volunteers from Winnebago County.
Wisconsin is expected to play a key role in deciding the presidential race, just like it did in 2016. Because of that, organizers are getting as local as possible: they had multiple Zoom calls and virtual phone banks broken down by city and county. There were separate calls for Madison, La Crosse, Winnebago County, and Wausau.
Jill Biden encouraged volunteers to talk to voters they called about the Biden-Harris platform. “Making sure that everyone can get affordable quality health care, tackle the climate crisis, keep our streets and people safe, no matter what race or zip code,” she said. “And get our kids, all of our kids, back to school safely.”
However, another big part of the conversations included giving people the information they need to vote, however they choose to cast their ballot. Volunteers and organizers talked about how to help people find their polling place, and understand the absentee ballot process.
“Vote now,” she said. “We want a strong showing for Joe and Democrats up and down the ballot, like Amanda Stuck and Jess King.”
There will be action events from the Biden campaign throughout next week.