MILWAUKEE—Democrats and Republicans are both courting Wisconsin’s black voters, whose failure to turn out for Hillary Clinton in 2016 was a shock and seen as a critical hit to her presidential campaign.
The mostly virtual Democratic National Convention, which is being held in Milwaukee through Aug. 20, has signaled the Democrats’ desire to win back their hold on the state. Clinton lost it by a small margin of 0.7 percent, and winning Milwaukee’s black voters—who make up 40 percent of the city’s population—could make all the difference for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
