The Democratic Voice Podcast

Jan 26 2025 162 ep. 23 mins

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From La Crosse to Madison to D.C., La Crosse County Democratic Party chair William Garcia and WIZM's Rick Solem break down the politics impacting Wisconsinites.

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Wisconsin Democratic priorities heading into 2025 vs. Republicans proposals

Jan 26 2025 25 mins

We break down some of Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers' budget proposals when it comes to education, healthcare, prices and gun reform, as compared to what Republicans in the state are doing to help the working class. We talk about Evers on education funding, free school lunch, background checks, mental health initiatives and medical costs. All things Wisconsin Republicans have called dea

La Crosse Democratic Party chair Garcia on TikTok "ban," Trump and Wisconsin political priorities

Jan 20 2025 26 mins

William Garcia, chair of the La Crosse County and 3rd Congressional District Democratic Party, in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk discussing Donald Trump “saving” TikTok and the inauguration, plus the priorities of Democrats and Republicans in Wisconsin state government. We also took a couple of calls, including one from a listener accusing him of disrespecting Presi

Wisconsin Republicans grabbing power in all the nooks and crannies

Jan 13 2025 22 mins

Wisconsin's state Legislature has been at work for a week and Republicans in control have already done some outrageous things to both grab power and spark outrage where it doesn't exist. With a Wisconsin Supreme Court race on the April ballot and control of that court between "conservatives" and "progressives" up for grabs, we start the conversation in North Carolina. There, the GO

Preparing for Republican chaos under Donald Trump

Jan 06 2025 12 mins

It's already started, and Donald Trump hasn't even been sworn in yet as president, but Republican chaos is brewing and it's only going to get worse. We talk about how this isn't normal, even though this has been the norm for the past decade — and for those who turned 18 and began voting in 2015, that's all they've lived with. Part of the conversation hovers around two feuding

GROCERY PRICES: Trump Inflating reducing inflation

Dec 16 2024 22 mins

President-elect Donald Trump made grand promises about grocery promises and is now re-negotiating that deal. In his Time Person of the Year interview, Trump flip flops on bringing prices down. “It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up,” Trump said in his Time Magazine “Person of the Year” interview published Thursday, referring to grocery p

What happened — Democrats lose but was it THAT bad in Wisconsin?

Nov 17 2024 20 mins

Two weeks later, the dissection of the 2024 election continues. La Crosse County and 3rd Congressional District Democratic Party chair William Garcia breaks down how Wisconsin fit into the mix, both nationally and locally, in the past election. We break down how Donald Trump’s gains across the nation match up to what we saw in Wisconsin. We also look at the Derrick Van Orden-Rebe

Vote "No" on Wisconsin Republican constitutional amendment question

Oct 28 2024 17 mins

Republicans in Wisconsin, again, are putting a confusing question on your fall ballot that could take away your voting rights. Multiple organizations, nonprofits and the Democratic Party are saying vote no on this question: Voters must be prepared to answer this question on the November 5 ballot ⬇️ ❌ Question: “Eligibility to vote. Shall section 1 of article III of the con

Wisconsin Republicans sending wild flyers attacking Onalaska's Steve Doyle

Oct 18 2024 25 mins

We take a look at the wild flyers from the Republican Party of Wisconsin on behalf of candidate Ryan Huebsch that are ending up in potential voters' homes attacking Democratic Assembly Rep. Steve Doyle. We also discuss how no debates are happening in Assembly races, as Republicans cite "scheduling conflicts." See the flyers here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom Vilsack, former Democratic Iowa governor, joins to talk about getting the rural vote

Oct 07 2024 23 mins

Tom Vilsack, former Democratic governor of Iowa, joined to talk about how Democrats can win back more of the rural vote. And he might know the secret formula, because, back in 1998, Vilsack was the first Democrat to be elected as governor in Iowa in over 30 years — plus he won a second term. Before Vilsack joined (10:20), we opened the pod basically game planning what to talk abo

Garren Randolph, coordinating Wisconsin's Democratic campaigns

Sep 23 2024 21 mins

Garren Randolph, Wisconsin Democratic coordinated campaign manager, joins to talk about near every level of government that's on the November ballot, including Donald Trump, the state Assembly and Senate races under new maps, and the US Senate race. Began the podcast on Trump, Project 2025 and Kamala Harris taking the reins from Joe Biden. After that, we got into the competitivenes