Emerson WI and MI: Baldwin+3, Slotkin+2-8

[Progressive Pessimist]

Reasonable margins. Though too many undecideds in both.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Eh, I don't think Baldwin is an unbeatable titan, but Hovde is a pretty obvious carpet-bagger and Baldwin has a pro-Wisconsin brand around many corners of the state.

This is the same Baldwin who defeated a popular former governor in 2012 by 6%, and 11% in 2018 (an election with 61% turnout, mind you). With those numbers, Hovde would have to flip a large number of voters just to get to 3%. I don't see that happening, I think Baldwin wins by 6-10 regardless of the Presidential margin.

Slotkin 2-8 seems reasonable, probably ends up closer to the higher end of that.

It wasn't obvious at that time, but over the next 6 to 8 years it quickly became obvious that once a governor has been out of office for some time, their appeal on the voters begins to wane. See also: Ted Strickland, Evan Bayh (who was also a former Senator), Phil Bredesen.

Strickland was a popular Governor?