Wisconsin Is Frazzled by Surging Virus Cases and Growing Campaign Frenzy

If there is one thing people in Wisconsin can agree on, it is this: Their nerves are frayed.

The constant whirl of political activity in this pivotal swing state has only

intensified with little more than a month to go before the election. President Trump visited Oshkosh in August, holding a small event at the airport, and was planning to hold rallies on Saturday in Green Bay and La Crosse. Those plans were changed after the mayor of La Crosse pleaded for the event to be canceled, citing the coronavirus spike in the area; the president’s campaign moved the location to Janesville on Thursday, saying there was an issue with “the lease” of the location in La Crosse.

Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic nominee, campaigned in Wisconsin in September, visiting an aluminum foundry in Manitowoc, a city on the western shore of Lake Michigan. Both candidates have focused on the state, which both parties see as winnable: In 2016, Mr. Trump upended expectations by winning Wisconsin by about 22,700 votes, the first Republican to take the state in a presidential contest since 1984.

To watch an hour of the evening news in Wisconsin means enduring loud political ads on a mind-numbing repeat. Canvassers rap on front doors and ask for support. Mailboxes are stuffed with shiny pamphlets extolling the virtues of candidates for president, State Assembly and State Senate. “Every day, more to recycle,” one weary Wisconsin voter said.