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Rachel Leingang with photographs by Eric Ruby

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

Man stands at end of picnic table in grassy, flat park, with other people sitting and standing.
John Calabrese of Groww at a pre-meeting for deep canvassing in Wilson Park in Menomonie, Wisconsin. Photograph: Eric Ruby/The Guardian

Going door to door in western Wisconsin multiple times per week, Bill Hogseth tells strangers about his seizure.

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 seizure on his ability to drive and work. Usually standing on their doorsteps, he asks to hear their stories too – about ambulance rides, hospital bills, broken bones.

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