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WI-Supreme Court: Schimel is giving up on trying to come off as an impartial jurist and is now blatantly trying to excite the MAGA base: wpr.org/news/brad-schim…
The article references how Dan Kelly, the GOP candidate in the 2023 race, didn’t openly campaign as a partisan MAGA candidate and Schimel was busted on camera talking to canvasse…
WI-Supreme Court: Schimel is giving up on trying to come off as an impartial jurist and is now blatantly trying to excite the MAGA base: https://www.wpr.org/news/brad-schimel-republicans-trump-voters-wisconsin-supreme-court-race
The article references how Dan Kelly, the GOP candidate in the 2023 race, didn’t openly campaign as a partisan MAGA candidate and Schimel was busted on camera talking to canvassers about how he’ll be a support network for Trump and was pushing 2020 BIG Lie conspiracies. I get that both candidates aren’t well known and Trump’s approval in WI, according to Marquette is 48/51, but it’s funny to me that Schimel thinks it’s better to be associated with Trump than with Musk and DOGE.
Trump is more popular than Musk with the MAGAs; dude is going all in with Trump here
True. Trump’s still underwater but not as much as Musk. However, Trump not being on the ballot doesn’t guarantee that the MAGA base will show up in large numbers. Sure the traditional GOP base will but the folks who heavily came out in the rural and any of the gains he made with younger male voters are not a sure thing. Also, and this is the big one, Marquette showed Trump’s approval with Independent voters is at 39/60. That’s really terrible because they compared his approval with them to their March 2017 poll and he was at 42/32 approval back then. https://law.marquette.edu/poll/
i get your point but Trump is extremely popular with the MAGAs; and yes i know that doesnt translate to voter participation without his name on the ballot
We’re already seeing repeat signs from last time that they aren’t as enthused when he’s not on the ballot. Dems in the two VA State Senate special elections in blue districts earlier this year outperformed Harris’ numbers wile Rep in red district held on but underperformed Trump’s numbers. Plus the Iowa State Senate special election race in a Trump 20+ district flipping to the Dems. I still expect Reps to hold onto Stefanik and Waltz’s districts but to underperform and for Dems to tighten it up.
Josh Weil in Florida is running a real race; the margin will be cut(still might be a bridge to far)
Good flag. If Schimel thinks he can win by juicing base turnout, that's a lot of ground for him to make up.
That and the fact that Marquette showed Trump’s numbers with Independent voters at a dismal 39/60 approval. They even compared it to his numbers with Independents in March of 2017. Back then he was at 42/32 with Indies. If he’s doing terribly with Independents, that’s an opportunity for Crawford and Dems to win them over if Schimel hooks himself onto the hope that MAGA alone will save him.
That's at least one thing I will give Independents credit for - They do not have any loyalty to Trump.
Thanks for the story and link. Everyone should do whatever they can to help Susan Crawford win this race. It's the most important election at least until November and its results will carry a lot of weight.
BTW, there is also a story on WPR about Susan Crawford, but the link to it will not work. Go here and you can read both stories. https://www.wpr.org/news