A few notes about the Wisconsin Supreme Court election:
1) The large, heavily populated Waukesha County suburbs of Brookfield and Menomonee Falls continue to trend Democratic. Both used to be heavily Republican - Brookfield voted 64% for John McCain in 2008, and was 3-1 Republican in that infamous 2011 Supreme Court election where conservative David Prosser barely beat liberal JoAnn Kloppenburg. But both have gradually but steadily shifted left during the Trump era. Last year, Trump won Brookfield by 5 and Menomonee Falls by 7, and both voted for Dan Kelly in 2023 by 53-47 margins. This time, Schimel's margins in both Brookfield and Menomonee Falls were less than 2 percent. It's a reasonable assumption that the next time a Democrat wins Wisconsin by a 55-45 margin, they'll carry both Brookfield and Menomonee Falls. And in 10 years, Dems will probably be routinely winning both in most elections. What an insane shift that would be - to see all that blue in Waukesha County. (And Crawford replicated Protasiewicz's victory in the city of Waukesha - expanding the margin of victory from 0.6% to 2%.)
2) Several rural counties swung from Protasiewicz in 2023 to Schimel this year, including Lafayette, Grant, Jackson, Dunn, and Pierce. However, Crawford was able to pull out a victory in Racine County, just south of Milwaukee, despite the fact that none of the previous Democratic Supreme Court winners (Dallet, Karofsky, and Protasiewicz) won it. This important county flip came about largely due to increased minority turnout in the city of Racine - it swung from 66% Protasiewicz to 70% Crawford.
3) It is honestly quite encouraging that, despite rural areas continuing to trend Republican, the topline of the election result remained mostly unchanged.
A few notes about the Wisconsin Supreme Court election:
1) The large, heavily populated Waukesha County suburbs of Brookfield and Menomonee Falls continue to trend Democratic. Both used to be heavily Republican - Brookfield voted 64% for John McCain in 2008, and was 3-1 Republican in that infamous 2011 Supreme Court election where conservative David Prosser barely beat liberal JoAnn Kloppenburg. But both have gradually but steadily shifted left during the Trump era. Last year, Trump won Brookfield by 5 and Menomonee Falls by 7, and both voted for Dan Kelly in 2023 by 53-47 margins. This time, Schimel's margins in both Brookfield and Menomonee Falls were less than 2 percent. It's a reasonable assumption that the next time a Democrat wins Wisconsin by a 55-45 margin, they'll carry both Brookfield and Menomonee Falls. And in 10 years, Dems will probably be routinely winning both in most elections. What an insane shift that would be - to see all that blue in Waukesha County. (And Crawford replicated Protasiewicz's victory in the city of Waukesha - expanding the margin of victory from 0.6% to 2%.)
2) Several rural counties swung from Protasiewicz in 2023 to Schimel this year, including Lafayette, Grant, Jackson, Dunn, and Pierce. However, Crawford was able to pull out a victory in Racine County, just south of Milwaukee, despite the fact that none of the previous Democratic Supreme Court winners (Dallet, Karofsky, and Protasiewicz) won it. This important county flip came about largely due to increased minority turnout in the city of Racine - it swung from 66% Protasiewicz to 70% Crawford.
3) It is honestly quite encouraging that, despite rural areas continuing to trend Republican, the topline of the election result remained mostly unchanged.
These are amazing under-the-radar results from the Chicago collar counties.
From: https://x.com/Uncrewed/status/1908226311635783988
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Tuesday was a great night for the Dems in the Chicagoland Township elections. Here's how many offices they flipped from the GOP by county:
Cook- 14
DuPage- 36(!)
Kane- 11
McHenry- 3
In fact, by my math, the Dems only lost three out of nearly 100 contested Township elections!
11:33 AM · Apr 4, 2025
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