Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams
Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams
Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams
There Actually Is a Plan: How Democrats Can Save Us and Keep Winning (w/ Ben Wikler)
1 hour 9 minutes Posted Jul 28, 2026 at 9:55 am.
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America can feel like it's spiraling out of control—but could a state like Wisconsin hold the blueprint for turning things around? Ben Wikler, former chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and author of the new book This Is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy, joins Stacey Abrams to explain why the answer is yes. Drawing on Wisconsin's political battles, Wikler argues that Democrats can win back voters ahead of the midterms by learning from closely divided states that have successfully pushed back against Republicans. They discuss how Democrats can sharpen their messaging, the lasting impact of gerrymandering, whether it's finally time to abolish the Electoral College, and the power we all have to make a big difference by organizing locally.