Where healthcare could sway voters, Democratic canvassers ramp up an old tactic: talking to people

In Wisconsin, voters weigh candidates who backed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, and those who want to expand it Going door to door in western Wisconsin, Bill Hogseth tells strangers about the seizures he has multiple times a week. Hogseth, the co-executive director and lead organizer of the nonpartisan group GrassRoots Organizing Western Wisconsin (Groww), tells them about waking up in an ambulance, and the impact of the seizures on his ability to drive and work. Usually standing on their doo...

By Rachel Leingang with photographs by Eric Ruby