Wisconsin's vote is vital to the presidency. What are residents there looking for?

On a recent fall morning, Consider This host Ari Shapiro started his day on the edge of Lake Michigan in the city of Milwaukee before the sun had risen.

His agenda for the day included traveling the 15 mile stretch of North Avenue with reporter Maayan Silver of WUWM, the local member station in Milwaukee.

North Avenue runs through a large swathe of Milwaukee. It covers different demographics and neighborhoods, urban, suburban, rich, poor, segregated and integrated. Shapiro and Silver made the trek to get a better understanding of what voters in Wisconsin are looking for and feeling ahead of the election in November.

In a state of 6 million people, where the presidential vote can be decided by a margin of twenty thousand votes, It's not just one demographic group or bloc that can make the difference in 2024.

It's all of them.

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Speaking with some runners.

As the two begin strolling, Silver shares a saying she's heard often in Wisconsin "As goes North Avenue, so goes Wisconsin."

On this rainy, murky fall morning, a dedicated group of runners agree to chat with our hosts about the upcoming election, though politics are typically a subject that they don't tend to discuss with each other.

One of the organizers of The OMG running group is 64-year-old Patrick Beiser.

"I would say our particular group here, the Milwaukee running group, has a more liberal leaning, so we agree with each other mostly, so there's not a lot to discuss."

Hans Goldenberg, a 34-year-old who lives in ddowntown Milwaukee runs up to join the group. His political views are