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Democrats Lose Ground in State Legislatures, Despite Biden’s Win

Much the same occurred in Wisconsin, says University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist Barry Burden.”Biden won the state by a narrow margin and only shifted the vote about a point and a half from 2016,” Burden says.

“Such a small change did not produce significant shifts in the state legislature, where districts have been drawn to prevent it from responding to movement in the popular vote.”