Although this is a special election for a seat on a state Supreme Court, the landslide win for a liberal in Wisconsin augurs badly for Republicans.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/poli...477978002/
Statewide elections in Wisconsin are usually close, the most blatant exception being the 2008 Presidential race, which was an electoral blowout in the northeastern and Far Western USA.
There seems to be no scandal, and no panicking event.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/poli...477978002/
Quote:MADISON - Rebecca Dallet trounced Michael Screnock on Tuesday for a seat on the state Supreme Court, shrinking the court's conservative majority and giving Democrats a jolt of energy heading into the fall election.
It marked the first time in 23 years that a liberal candidate who wasn't an incumbent won a seat on the high court.
“I attribute it to Wisconsin voters standing up to special interests," said Dallet, a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge. "I think they're ready to have fair and independent courts.
"I’m the candidate with the most experience, really standing up for the rights of Wisconsinites every day and I think people saw that and spoke out today and I’m quite excited by it, by the results.”
Dallet's sizable margin alarmed Republican Gov. Scott Walker enough that he posted a series of messages on Twitter warning he could be the victim of a "blue wave" this fall.
With 88% of wards reporting, Dallet led Screnock 56% to 44%, according to unofficial returns.
Statewide elections in Wisconsin are usually close, the most blatant exception being the 2008 Presidential race, which was an electoral blowout in the northeastern and Far Western USA.
There seems to be no scandal, and no panicking event.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.