I think something very interesting happened yesterday in both Wisconsin and Chicago and it constitutes good news. In the 2022 election the Red wave did not happen, and yesterday in both elections progressives defeated christofascists. That suggests to me that the majority of Americans are fed up with Trump Theater and that the Republicans have made a major miscalculation. The constant harassment of election workers, the gerrymandering, voter suppression, and endless whining about how they are victims may be motivating their base, but that cohort is a shrinking minority. If you look at the social outcome data it is clear that younger voters and women are voting with a strong Democratic skew, and that is making me feel more optimistic about the upcoming 2024 election. If the Republicans are stupid enough to make Trump their candidate I think he will lose, and lose badly.
Judge Janet Protasiewicz speaks onstage during the live taping of “Pod Save America,” hosted by WisDems at the Barrymore Theater on March 18, 2023 in Madison, Wisconsin. Credit: Jeff Schear / Getty
Daniel Kelly, the right-wing former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who lost his bid to re-join the high court on Tuesday as liberal circuit court judge Janet Protasiewicz won by a decisive margin, refused to concede to his opponent in a speech that one critic said personified the Republican Party’s approach to electoral politics in recent years.
“It brings me no joy to say this,” Kelly told supporters. “I wish that in a circumstance like this, I would be able to concede to a worthy opponent. But I do not have a worthy opponent to which I can concede.”
Kelly acknowledged that he lost the election and said he “respected” the decision made by more than 55% of Wisconsin voters who chose Protasiewicz, a Milwaukee County Circuit judge who was outspoken about her support for abortion rights and labor unions, to join the court, […]
And, hopefully, not just the young people voting Dem, but all those MAGA people who have not benefited one iota, but actually have been hurt by the GOP economically, health wise, and so many other ways that they have received no help from them. Maybe it will suddenly dawn on them that it’s the DEMS who care about them.
Rev. Dean
on Friday, April 7, 2023 at 10:10 pm
I agree, Stephan. Many more younger people have open minds and can see the truth better than many older people who are just used to voting Republican, just like my parents did, not knowing what their votes meant because they did not know the way those Republicans thought about how they would vote on subjects of importance.
And, hopefully, not just the young people voting Dem, but all those MAGA people who have not benefited one iota, but actually have been hurt by the GOP economically, health wise, and so many other ways that they have received no help from them. Maybe it will suddenly dawn on them that it’s the DEMS who care about them.
I agree, Stephan. Many more younger people have open minds and can see the truth better than many older people who are just used to voting Republican, just like my parents did, not knowing what their votes meant because they did not know the way those Republicans thought about how they would vote on subjects of importance.