'In The End, The Voters Responded': Surprising Takeaways From Wisconsin's Election
Despite the extremely challenging conditions, which included shuttered polling places, a statewide stay-at-home order and social distancing guidelines, voter turnout was surprisingly robust.
Last week's Wisconsin election was extraordinary for a number of reasons.
Unlike more than a dozen other states, Wisconsin plowed ahead with the April 7 election in the face of the coronavirus pandemic after the intervention of the state Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.
When results were finally reported on April 13, former Vice President Joe Biden won the state's Democratic presidential primary, and a judge backed by Democrats was elected to a 10-year term on the Wisconsin's Supreme Court.
That high-stakes judicial race was at the heart of the conflict around the election. Many liberals and accused Republicans of trying to suppress turnout by holding the election during a
