Naturally, with Obama not being able to get Merrick Garland confirmed as Supreme Court Justice it makes sense for him to lend his endorsement and influence to a race like this.
Endorsements like this are more useful for keeping the race on people's minds and increasing engagement and all that. Headlines of Obama's endorsement will make its way into some media circles that people will read that otherwise didn't know about or had forgotten about the election. Some of them will vote.
Those people weren't waiting for Obama's endorsement to decide how they wanted to vote. Obama's endorsement instead helps ensure they find out that there's an election in the first place.
The cell of people waiting for Obama's endorsement to decide whether to vote in this race is empty.
It's still amazing to have national figures weighing in on a state Supreme Court race.
I've been following WI-SC elections since 2011 (the Prosser vs. Kloppenburg heartbreaker), and they used to be completely under the radar.
Naturally, with Obama not being able to get Merrick Garland confirmed as Supreme Court Justice it makes sense for him to lend his endorsement and influence to a race like this.
Probably.
Endorsements like this are more useful for keeping the race on people's minds and increasing engagement and all that. Headlines of Obama's endorsement will make its way into some media circles that people will read that otherwise didn't know about or had forgotten about the election. Some of them will vote.
Those people weren't waiting for Obama's endorsement to decide how they wanted to vote. Obama's endorsement instead helps ensure they find out that there's an election in the first place.