What makes you think WI Republicans/Trumpists are any less hyperconservative/hyperpartisan/insane than their MI counterparts?
Not sure. I just happened to see a lot of resentment for Whitmer in Michigan. I've never been sure about how energized Trumpers are against Evers, not sure they hate him enough to have tried to kidnap him.
Whitmer seems to cause passionate hatred from her opponents in a way that virtually no other governor does. I kind of wonder why that is - it seems like it goes beyond sexism.