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SNP:8431Progressive Scot ( 325.84 points)July 25, 2020 01:05pm
Tammy did really great here! I wonder how she managed to win but such margins, with her being very much to the left.
 
N:10739Max Rohtbart ( 1050.25 points)July 25, 2020 03:56pm
The two party exclusivity in the US for elected officials makes for independents, moderates, and extremes to unite behind a candidate because they are better than their alternative more than they agree with the entire platform of the candidate.
 
N:10739Max Rohtbart ( 1050.25 points)July 25, 2020 03:58pm
Also Wisconsin has a strong progressive history dating back to the 1800s. First meeting of a new abolitionist club in the early 1850s which would later become the Republican Party.
 
SNP:8431Progressive Scot ( 325.84 points)July 25, 2020 04:16pm
I just wondered a state that narrowly voted Trump and only narrowly elected a progressive governor the same year as Tammy.
 
N:10739Max Rohtbart ( 1050.25 points)July 25, 2020 04:27pm
Incumbency advantage, also Hillary Clinton did not campaign in Wisconsin so with Wisconsin being very blue in previous presidential years was deceptive to the national political view. Clinton should have not discounted Republican domination of state politics prior to 2016.
 
D:6086Jason ( 11913.37 points)July 25, 2020 05:01pm
Progressive Scot: I just wondered a state that narrowly voted Trump and only narrowly elected a progressive governor the same year as Tammy.

Because Trump was a pro-tariff candidate while Hillary was an unabashed global capitalist.
 
SNP:8431Progressive Scot ( 325.84 points)July 31, 2020 04:41pm
Whereas Tammy wanted to boost American Steel manufacturing and find ways of making China play fair. Some Moderate Trump voters probably liked Baldwin for this