Economy and Democracy: Priorities for Wisconsin voters

Outagamie County in Wisconsin (Midwest region) has become a key district in the state and is crucial to the interests of both candidates.

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Here is some voter testimony on what they consider to be their priorities:

Pam Van Handel, Republican activist

For Outagamie County Republican Chair Pam Van Handel, “What matters most is the economy and business and the direction of the state.”

“My biggest concern is that we can’t allow everyone to continue to cross the border illegally and cause the economy to deteriorate,” he added, referring to illegal immigration, a core issue of Donald Trump’s campaign.

Democratic Senate candidate Kristen Alfheim

Kristen Alfheim, a Democrat running for Senate in Wisconsin, said the most important thing for her in this election is preserving democracy.

“We know that whoever leads this country will respect not only the people but also the rest of the world; we will work together to find solutions for a good economy, a good and healthy society,” he told this body.

“My biggest fear is that we’re going to lose our ability to be kind, to be welcoming. We really are based on the idea that this (America) is a great place to be whoever you want to be, to be nice, to be welcome here for whatever reason, to escape where you can. No. The notion of nationalism and trying to reduce it or modify it, or exclude people from this community is a mistake. “I don’t want that,” he said.

Cathy Stern, Retired

For retiree Cathy Stern, the economy is the “number one issue” and Trump is the candidate who can steer the ship in the right direction.

“The economy, getting everything moving again, getting inflation under control … only President Trump can do that,” Stern told the agency.

“If this continues, my biggest worry for my country is the moral decay of our society. Everywhere you look, everything is upside down, everything is backwards, everything is not as it should be. Things can’t get any worse,” he lamented.

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Community activist Michael Hofford

Michael Hovde, a 36-year-old community activist, insists it is difficult to prioritize any issue over climate change and the fight to limit global warming.

“We can solve all of our other problems, but if we don’t solve climate change, we’re all going to die, even though that doesn’t seem to be the solution we want,” Hovde told the agency.

As for his biggest fear for the country, Hovde is decisive. “I’m scared of some things,” he says. After spending some time working in the community, he sees that “the biggest concern people have is the development of fascism.” “Now that’s largely expressed as a concern about protecting democracy.”