'Ball game over': Trump's rural support could make or break the Wisconsin Supreme Court race (Politico)

[highplainsdem]

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/trump-schimel-rural-voters-wisconsin-00258869

Rural swaths of the country that helped power Donald Trump to victory are facing serious economic headwinds inflicted by his administration. The results of Wisconsin’s high-stakes Supreme Court race on Tuesday will reveal just how damaging they’re becoming for the president and the GOP.

Conservative-backed candidate Brad Schimel needs strong support in the same rural areas the president dominated in 2024 to land on the court. But many voters here are facing the effects of White House policies that threaten their bottom lines, like retaliatory tariffs on agricultural goods or the Agriculture Department’s funding freeze.

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“If [Schimel] doesn’t have the kind of support that President Trump had in rural Wisconsin, ball game over,” said Brian Reisinger, a former GOP adviser in Wisconsin who specializes in rural policy. “The strength of the rural vote, and whether it is going to be there for the conservative candidate in the Supreme Court race like it was for conservative candidates in 2024, is going to be the biggest, most determinative factor in this race.”

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The stakes of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race aren’t exactly abstract for farmers. The election could have a significant impact on their ability to access clean water. One case under consideration by the state’s Supreme Court could curtail the Department of Natural Resources’ authority to enforce its spills law, which some farmers fear would lead to more contaminated water.

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[Raven123]

1. Fingers crossed. Donated to his opponent!

C’mon Wisconsin.

[Lovie777]

2. I have no faith in the voting system at this point in time..................

[Prairie Gates]

3. My faith in rural voters doth approach absolute zero

Mainly because they don't believe in absolute zero...