Democrats ‘Rejoice’ over a Wisconsin Judge’s Strong Win….

STRONG Turn out….

Left leaning….

Musk money useless….

Trump phone calls unless….

Democrats Estactic….

 

In Florida ?

Republicans Keep their two House seats…

But?

By smaller margins….

 

Hmmmmm?

Trump’s approvals dropping and the worse of the Traff’s are up and running.

The Economy ain’t doing too Good….

Musk is ALSO being pushed out….

 

Liberal judge Susan Crawford’s win in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election seemed to be the latest in a string of Democratic overperformances since Donald Trump took office. But one factor actually distinguished the Wisconsin race from the rest: relatively high turnout.

A POLITICO analysis of Tuesday’s preliminary results suggests Democrats maintained a turnout advantage even in the high-profile race, with Elon Musk’s millions not enough to compel Republicans to the polls in as great numbers in a spring election. But troublingly for the GOP, voting levels were actually relatively close to a midterm, suggesting a favorable electorate for Democrats heading into 2026.

Unlike the special elections where Democrats have already posted major upsets this year, the Wisconsin Supreme Court race was not a low-turnout affair. In two Florida special elections also held Tuesday, where Democrats overperformed the presidential results by roughly 16 and 22 points but still lost deep-red seats, turnout was well under half of November 2024 levels.

But in Wisconsin — where Crawford ran roughly 10 points ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris’ performance in the state — nearly 70 percent as many ballots were cast in Tuesday’s election as in November. Turnout in Tuesday’s election was closer to the 2022 midterm than the 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court election, which similarly took place in April and resulted in a 10-point win by the liberal candidate.

“Even though Republicans are losing on percentage terms, it does look like their mobilization did succeed, but it’s just that it turned out more Democratic voters,” said Charles Franklin, who leads the Marquette University Law School poll of the state. “Republicans did boost lower-propensity Republicans and got a higher turnout than normal, but those higher-propensity Democrats are turning out at a higher rate.”

There were some indicators of greater enthusiasm in Democratic strongholds, particularly among the party’s highly educated base…

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But Crawford’s overperformance was actually relatively uniform across the state. In counties that Trump had won by at least 15 points last November, she improved on Harris’ vote share by roughly 5 points.

Tuesday night’s results are “a sign that the midterm environment is kicking in, which means it’s going to be challenging for the party in power,” said Brian Reisinger, a former GOP aide and rural policy expert.

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