Posted on 04/16/2020 7:10:55 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX
Wisconsin is one of perhaps the two or three likeliest states to vote for the winning presidential candidate this fall, so it is no surprise that anything that happens politically in the Badger State attracts widespread attention.
A wider-than-expected victory by a Democratic-backed candidate in a state Supreme Court race decided earlier this week is therefore getting a lot of attention, but the specific factors in that race should caution us from projecting the results ahead to the fall.
Wisconsin remains very winnable for both sides in the presidential race.
For the past several years, following Wisconsin's Supreme Court elections has been a recurring ritual for political observers. The court has seven judges, each with staggered, ten-year terms. With elections held in the spring, judges are officially nonpartisan, but both parties make their preferences known.
The usual interest in the race, which did not decide the majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court but did allow liberals to cut the conservative edge from 5-2 to 4-3, was only amplified by the unique circumstances of the voting last week: Wisconsin held its election in the midst of the global pandemic, despite arguments from many that it was unsafe and unreasonable to do so.
Setting aside the various decisions made by Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI), the GOP-controlled state legislature, and conservative majorities on the state and federal Supreme Courts, the conventional wisdom before the election seemed to be that holding it on April 7 and also ensuring that absentee ballots had to be postmarked by that date advantaged Republicans in the Supreme Court race. Part of the reason for the conventional wisdom was that the city of Milwaukee, one of the core centers of Democratic voters in the state, cut its number of in-person voting locations from 180 to five.
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Could it be democrats came out to vote for a contested primary election and republicans didn’t?
I voted for Judge Kelly and President Trump.
The repubs who stayed home can own this loss like in 2018 when they didn’t vote for Walker because they didn’t think he could lose.
could it be my ballot didnt get cpunted or it was ‘lost’
dam right
I’m officially disenfranchised. Ballot harvesting, out of state voters, lost or missing ballots, found ballots in the postal service.
Those f’ers stole this. When I did drive up voting, I was never asked for id, so anyone can drive up, claim they are so and so and get a ballot.
I am afraid to say this was a test run for the upcoming election as was the 2016 sham. If we don’t get our sh*t together,we may see November 5th as one of the darkest days in political history. We knew this was all going to happen. Any reform? GOP shape up and do things better in tactics,strategics and message? Our side get off our butts not taking anything for granted? Is there any reason to believe that this virus crisis will not catapult the DNC?
Trump got 1,400,000+ votes to win Wisconsin.
Karofsky(D) 850,000
Kelly (R). 692,000
Where are the Republican voters!?
PA fell asleep and we now have a Liberal State SC that reconfigured Voting Districuts that heavily favor Democrats.
What happened????
Are ballots when mailed labeled Republican or Democrat?
do you not believe it is well-known what sections of town are generally democrat or republican?
think a bit
It sure doesn’t mean little for the power of the SC in Wisconsin this was a very important election for pubbies to just let it slide!! I gues they don’t give a damn how the court will rule their lives now, I guess they haven’t learned a damn thing about how important the courts are SHAMEFUL but I am guessing there was Dem hanky panky going on in this election!!
How many mail ins, and what percentage of D’s to R’s?
Governor Evers, in accordance with good radical leftist policies, has extended his “Safer At Home” order until May 26th. Wisconsin is about to go from prosperity to a sea of debt ...
Only TRUMP @ the top of the ticket will draw out all our voters.
Most states in 2018 showed a 30-40% drop.
in the Trump voters.
In GA in 2018 for instance,Kemp was in trouble until Trump had a mid GA rally that tapped into the 250,000 Trump voters that had NEVER voted in a governors race.
Kemp received 100,000 votes less than Trump did in 2016.
“I am guessing there was Dem hanky panky going on in this election!!”
No doubt.
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