Revisiting a Cheesehead Love Affair

Lessons from a November swing through Wisconsin, and what may come in tomorrow’s state Supreme Court election

I was blinded by enthusiasm.

In the context of 2024, I was operating as a Democrat, not as an independent. I was caught up in the idea of seeing the rallies for then-Vice President Kamala Harris, having been to the Democratic convention, I felt the same energy as everyone else. 

My own belief that Trump’s coalition was older, whiter, smaller, was wrong, I…