Wisconsin Megathread

[Bidenworth2020]

Saw this in a Walker fundraiser email. I'm pretty sure this is a core plank of his reelection strategy. Just rile up the people that were always going to vote for him anyway with caricatures of latte-sipping, kale-eating, pink-hat-wearing, angry Madison liberals.

No way that could possibly backfire in a place where those very people can out-vote the entire rest of the state.

umm.. what?

[Young Conservative]

Saw this in a Walker fundraiser email. I'm pretty sure this is a core plank of his reelection strategy. Just rile up the people that were always going to vote for him anyway with caricatures of latte-sipping, kale-eating, pink-hat-wearing, angry Madison liberals.

No way that could possibly backfire in a place where those very people can out-vote the entire rest of the state.

This looks like a typical fundraising email for any candidate ever. This isn't news.

[mcmikk]

Saw this in a Walker fundraiser email. I'm pretty sure this is a core plank of his reelection strategy. Just rile up the people that were always going to vote for him anyway with caricatures of latte-sipping, kale-eating, pink-hat-wearing, angry Madison liberals.

No way that could possibly backfire in a place where those very people can out-vote the entire rest of the state.

This looks like a typical fundraising email for any candidate ever. This isn't news.

It isn't necessarily news, but it's interesting to share as it is representing of a larger concept, that being his idiotic strategy that just attacking imaginary "whiny Madison libturds" over and over again will carry him to victory.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Mitchell losing the primary will be monumental WRT just how far Big Labor (a term I, of course, use in jest) has fallen as the most potent electoral force in a state like Wisconsin. Shameful!

I’d argue that it’s more that Evers is a much stronger candidate.  Mitchell would’ve been better off biding his time WRT a statewide run.  OTOH, he’s in danger of reaching “has been that never was” status, so maybe he felt it was now or never.  I just think he got unlucky.  A much better test will be whether 1) Walker loses and 2) if so, to what extent organized labor plays a decisive role in his defeat.

[Politician]

Evers, is right now, the Democrats' best bet to defeat Scott Walker.

[redjohn]

Mitchell is screwed in the primary since his natural base in the city won't show up for a primary.

Madison is going to turn out regardless of who the candidate is, and way more people are going to turn out for Mitchell in Milwaukee than Evers.

[Tartarus Sauce]

We obviously don't have much good polling coming out of the state for the primary, but my impression is that this is very much a race between Evers and Mitchell. Soglin isn't taking it seriously and Vinehout/Wachs don't seem to be gaining much traction. I'm not sure that Soglin will actually end up carrying Dane, but if he does, Mitchell carries Milwaukee, and Evers crushes it everywhere else, would that be the first time that the Democratic nominee for governor won the primary without carrying either Dane or Milwaukee?

[Ye We Can]

Remember when everybody was into Vinehout lmao

[henster]

Mitchell would very likely energize black turnout in Milwaukee plus high turnout Madison is a good recipe for victory. Even if he loses to Walker it would be beneficial to Baldwin to have better turnout out of Milwaukee.

[Dr. Arch]

Mitchell would very likely energize black turnout in Milwaukee plus high turnout Madison is a good recipe for victory. Even if he loses to Walker it would be beneficial to Baldwin to have better turnout out of Milwaukee.

Good luck with that one.

[LimoLiberal]

Anybody WI posters have a good read on the two June special elections approaching? Cursory glance indicates that Dems have decent candidates in both.

[mcmikk]

Mitchell would very likely energize black turnout in Milwaukee plus high turnout Madison is a good recipe for victory. Even if he loses to Walker it would be beneficial to Baldwin to have better turnout out of Milwaukee.

Good luck with that one.

Black voters in Milwaukee haven't been great on turnout from the Nobama effect. Hard to blame them though. They already are trying so hard to just exist so it's hard to focus on midterm elections at the same time.

[henster]

Mitchell would very likely energize black turnout in Milwaukee plus high turnout Madison is a good recipe for victory. Even if he loses to Walker it would be beneficial to Baldwin to have better turnout out of Milwaukee.

Good luck with that one.

I find it hard to believe black voters wouldn't be enthused at the chance to elect the first black Governor in Wisconsin. Also I'm supportive of more dynamic candidates winning primaries than old white guys because the party desperately need to build its bench. Mitchell should he win would be a star and would be a good candidate for other offices in the future.

[YE]

Evers has won statewide multiple times and I hate candidates that only appeal to the base like Mitchell.

[mcmikk]

Anybody WI posters have a good read on the two June special elections approaching? Cursory glance indicates that Dems have decent candidates in both.

Caleb Frostman is running in the special election for the 1st State Senate district. He's the Door County Economic Development Corporation’s Executive Director, as well as an avid hunter and Packers fan. The 1st State Senate district went for Trump 56-39 in 2016, and the then-incumbent Republican won 62-38 in 2014.

Here is his website.

And here is an ad of his that I like.


Ann Groves Lloyd is a self-described fish fry lover and dog mom, and an alderwoman on the Lodi Common Council. She comes from a farming family, and her grandfather and great-uncle both served in the state government as Progressives. She's running in the 42nd State Assembly district. In 2016 the district went for Trump 55-40 and the Republican incumbent won 59-41.

Here is her website.

And here is an ad of hers that I like.



They both seem like decent and capable candidates, though I don't know anything about their Republican opponents nor if they can overcome their districts' partisan leans. Then again, if we're going off what Patty Schachtner showed us earlier this year, I'd say they have a decent chance at pulling it off.

[mcmikk]

Mitchell would very likely energize black turnout in Milwaukee plus high turnout Madison is a good recipe for victory. Even if he loses to Walker it would be beneficial to Baldwin to have better turnout out of Milwaukee.

Good luck with that one.

I find it hard to believe black voters wouldn't be enthused at the chance to elect the first black Governor in Wisconsin. Also I'm supportive of more dynamic candidates winning primaries than old white guys because the party desperately need to build its bench. Mitchell should he win would be a star and would be a good candidate for other offices in the future.

Fair, but I'd rather elect someone with the best chance of winning. Besides, we could still have a young African-American on the ticket in Mandela Barnes, who's running for Lieutenant Governor.

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

Energizing the black base of 6.6% is clearly a far better strategy than trying to win over the 80% of white voters

[MasterJedi]

Mitchell would very likely energize black turnout in Milwaukee plus high turnout Madison is a good recipe for victory. Even if he loses to Walker it would be beneficial to Baldwin to have better turnout out of Milwaukee.

Good luck with that one.

I find it hard to believe black voters wouldn't be enthused at the chance to elect the first black Governor in Wisconsin. Also I'm supportive of more dynamic candidates winning primaries than old white guys because the party desperately need to build its bench. Mitchell should he win would be a star and would be a good candidate for other offices in the future.

Fair, but I'd rather elect someone with the best chance of winning. Besides, we could still have a young African-American on the ticket in Mandela Barnes, who's running for Lieutenant Governor.

It's not like Mandela Barnes isn't anything other than a Chris Larson puppet anyways.

[mcmikk]

Mitchell would very likely energize black turnout in Milwaukee plus high turnout Madison is a good recipe for victory. Even if he loses to Walker it would be beneficial to Baldwin to have better turnout out of Milwaukee.

Good luck with that one.

I find it hard to believe black voters wouldn't be enthused at the chance to elect the first black Governor in Wisconsin. Also I'm supportive of more dynamic candidates winning primaries than old white guys because the party desperately need to build its bench. Mitchell should he win would be a star and would be a good candidate for other offices in the future.

Fair, but I'd rather elect someone with the best chance of winning. Besides, we could still have a young African-American on the ticket in Mandela Barnes, who's running for Lieutenant Governor.

It's not like Mandela Barnes isn't anything other than a Chris Larson puppet anyways.

Shhhh he fulfills the identity quota, he's good enough.

[Wisconsin SC Race 2019]

Mitchell would very likely energize black turnout in Milwaukee plus high turnout Madison is a good recipe for victory. Even if he loses to Walker it would be beneficial to Baldwin to have better turnout out of Milwaukee.

Good luck with that one.

I find it hard to believe black voters wouldn't be enthused at the chance to elect the first black Governor in Wisconsin. Also I'm supportive of more dynamic candidates winning primaries than old white guys because the party desperately need to build its bench. Mitchell should he win would be a star and would be a good candidate for other offices in the future.

Here we go with the box-checking crap that led to 2016.

[Gass3268]

!!!

Foxconn to cut back initial investment in $10bn Wisconsin plant

[Dr. Arch]

!!!

Foxconn to cut back initial investment in $10bn Wisconsin plant

This'll roll over well.

[KingSweden]

!!!

Foxconn to cut back initial investment in $10bn Wisconsin plant

This'll roll over well.

[RussFeingoldWasRobbed]

Soglin is a no go. He strikes me as a potential power hungry tyrant in the mold of Hugo Chavez. The homeless thing really made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
Mitchell definitely has my vote.

[KingSweden]

Soglin is a no go. He strikes me as a potential power hungry tyrant in the mold of Hugo Chavez. The homeless thing really made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
Mitchell definitely has my vote.

I mean Soglin is horrible for a variety of reasons but comparing him to Hugo Freaking Chavez seems a stretch.