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Six hundred thousand Wisconsin voters who pulled the lever for Trump in November 2024 abandoned the cause and stayed home on Tuesday. They didn’t vote in the election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and that apathy handed the court to Progressives. Trump won WI in 2024 with over 1.6 Million votes. But only about 1 million voted for the Trump-supported candidate, Brad Schimel. The liberal Dem won with 1.2 million votes. Why is that important? Because plans to redistrict WI will end up before that court, and with a liberal majority 2 House seats now held by Republicans will likely be gerrymandered out of existence. Given the slim majority, yesterday’s vote could end the Trump agenda in 2026.
Something similar happened in Georgia a few years back. The 2 current Democrat Georgia senators were also elected because 2020 Trump voters didn’t come out to vote in the special elections for the Senate.
I suspect this is just plain laziness. I suppose it could be a facet of what I call the “Only Trump” voter bloc. Either way, it’s costly and needs to be fixed.
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Republican voters in general are lazy when it comes to special or off-year elections. It's sad . . .
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I heard that some people were pushing back against Musk's pressure. Poor guy can't get a break.
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I think this is part of it. TONS of money from outside the state spent on political advertising for both candidates, but Musk put a face on it.
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Biden and Harris weren’t on the ballot. They had a great ability to turn out the republicans base.
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