Why all eyes are on Wisconsin going into the 2024 election

[RandySF]

Wisconsin’s legislative and statewide races have caught the attention of local and national officials under newly competitive maps in what is expected to be a competitive general election in November.

In the 2022 midterm elections, outside groups spent $93 million on races for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and treasurer. That number surpassed the record $61.86 million spent during the 2018 midterm elections in Wisconsin.

“Every time there’s a race in Wisconsin, it seems a new record for outside spending is broken, and it’s just the sky’s the limit,” Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Executive Director Matt Rothschild told Wisconsin Public Radio. “Right now, we’re out here in the wild, wild West.”

Wisconsin has a near-even split between voters registered as Democrats and Republicans. Races are often close in the Badger State.




https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/2980516/why-all-eyes-are-on-wisconsin-2024-election/

[Tetrachloride]

1. maybe some star power will show up

or
maybe not

[Model35mech]

2. Stars shining in Milwaukee and Madison won't change the need to gotv, but

as we saw in 2016, Stars not shining in Milwaukee and Madison can hang Wisconsin dems out to dry.

Since Labor isn't a player here as it once was (northwest WI not long ago was reliably Blue due to union mining and shipping of iron and copper ore, southwest WI once also reliably blue is now about 2 generations too far beyond the Grangers and the fight against the Robber Barons...people often follow grandpa and grandmas voting patterns but great gandpas' not so much); it's going to take ramping up sentiment against the anti-abortion party, and turning out urban people of color with promises to fulfill those groups' expectations.

IMO of the two tracks the Dems should pursue in WI, reaction to the Right's anti-abortion position could result in the biggest swing toward Dems, because it would win over the most independent voters. Although that is challenging by dint of the large proportion of Catholics in WI.

Stars or no stars, the Dems need to bolster strong turnout in the southeast Metro region including Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha counties. Which means lots of promises must be made to win here.

[Tetrachloride]

3. ty for a fine post