Deliberately provocative title here, and I’m not going to go on record making a prediction, but I just have a bad feeling about it. The persistent bugbear on the Democratic side is voter turnout. Hong had momentum and energy, with the potential to drive strong turnout of the progressive and Democratic base. By the AP numbers I saw, she had majority support through much of the state, while Crowley won with a majority of Milwaukee voters. Which is to be expected, as that’s where the biggest chunk of our population lives. But also, Milwaukee has historically had soft Democratic voter turnout.
Voters there chose him in the primary; will they show up for the general election?
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Elections have never really turned out my way since I aged into voting in 2016, but…this one hit extra hard. So I get where you’re coming from.
I will absolutely show up for the general, but I’m feeling pretty demoralized and will probably not vote with my heart anymore. Crowley is still a progressive on all the issues other than data centers, but this “reach across the aisle” political style has been proven to fail since the Republican legislature stonewalls the aisle-crosser on day one, which is exactly what happened with Obama. He keeps trying to bring in center-right and Republican voters, but I haven’t seen him to much to bring in progressives, and I’d like that in future campaigning.
He has the resume, the background, and the experience, but it’s hard to get excited about him when he makes the same vague statements over and over. I recently watched an interview where he said that his vision is to take control of Wisconsin “for 8 to 10 years.” I want a leader who is serious about making us a blue state for the foreseeable future like Minnesota and Illinois.
Sorry, rant over. Crowley 2026.
Edit: Okay, it seems like he’s starting to campaign for progressive folks with his weed legalization plan. Hopefully we see more like that in the coming months!
