Madison, Weiss. – Iqbal during the first week of early voting before the Wisconsin axis The state’s Supreme Court race It exceeds the levels of other high -risk elections just two years ago, and it is the latest sign of extreme interest in the competition that has underlined spending records and drew attention from President Donald Trump and his billionaire consultant, Elon Musk.
As of Tuesday, with only one week until the last day of voting, approximately 48 % Early voting cards It was delivered compared to the same point two years ago, according to data from the Wisconsin Elections Committee. More than 345,000 voters collided, either by mail or personally, compared to about 233,000 at this stage two years ago during another race for the Supreme Court seat.
The elections will determine whether the court will remain under liberal control 4-3 or fluctuate to a majority. One of the current liberal judges retires.
This year’s race turned into Agent battle On the nation’s policy, with Trump and Musk Get behind Brad Shemel, the candidate backed by Republicans in a non -official party race.
“All voters who believe in a good instinct should come out to vote early for the body of Shemel,” Trump wrote in a social publication in late last week.
Total spending on the race was more than $ 73 million, including more than $ 14 million by MUSK groups, according to outcome Monday by the Brennan Center for Justice. This is the most record for any American judicial race, and broke the amount of $ 56 million spent on Wisconsin Supreme Court Competition in 2023When controlling the majority was also on the line.
Kevin Kennedy, a former election official in Wisconsin, said all this spending and attention helped feeding early. It occurs while spending a break from work on the Madison Surveying site where people can vote early.
“There is a lot of money that is invested,” Kennedy said. “It seems that everything focuses on,” Let’s get out the vote. “
Previously Being critical From early vote, Trump and the Republican Party urge their supporters to vote before the last day of the vote on April 1. Early voting ends on Sunday. The strategy they are It was published with great success In the presidential race last year, it appears to contribute to increasing the large turnout in the most conservative provinces throughout Wisconsin.
Shamel’s discount, judge Susan CrofordIt has raised more than $ 25 million for the race so far, including $ 5.5 million from the Democratic State Party since early February. Supporters The Democratic Democratic Billionaire includes George Soros and the Illinois Ruler JB Pritzker.
Schmil, a province of Wakisha province, raised more than $ 12 million, including more than $ 6 million from the Republican Wisconsin Party since early February.
But external groups have more than the difference in what the candidates raised.
Nearly 28 million dollars spent Candidates As of the two, it exceeded about 45 million dollars spent by external groups so far, according to the Brennan Center account. Shemel and his allies, which include Mosk -backed groups, spent about 41 million dollars, while Crowford and its supporters spent about 32 million dollars.
Wisconsin voters do not record a political party, so it is impossible to know the number of votes already submitted by Republicans or Democrats. But the data shows that the largest increases come from both democratic and heavy provinces.
Milwaukeei province, the largest province in the state and the homeland of most Democrats, has led all provinces of polling cards with 54,750. This is more than 46 % before this point two years ago. The II of the state, the second largest province in the state and the homeland of Madison and the University of Wisconsin, witnessed a 46 % increase.
But the republican parts of the state also witnessed great leaps.
The vote was in the three Milwoke provinces in the outskirts of Wokisha, Uzuki and Washington, which are usually referred to as Wow provinces. The polling returns rose more than 62 % in Wuxisha and 51 % in Ozuki. In Washington, the most Republican in the three provinces, early vote was more than two years ago.
In Brown Province, the fourth most populated population in the state, which is fully Republican, the early turnout increased by more than 34 %.
While early vote is high in the spring elections, it is far from what Wisconsin witnessed the battlefield at this stage before the presidential race. A week before the November 5 elections, nearly a million voters made their votes, nearly four times the number of voters in this race so far.
The race comes at a time when the Supreme Court is expected to be governed Abortionand Divide the circlesand Federation’s strength And voting rules.
On Monday night, the leader of the US Democratic Parliament’s minority, Hakim Jeffrez, told the election of Croford so that she and the other liberal judges could request a traction from Congress border lines. Although the Wisconsin state is a swing country, Republicans have allowed the party’s Republicans to six of its eight seats in Congress.
“As soon as possible, we must be able to reconsider this and we have fair lines,” Jeffrez said in Discussion directly On the social media platform X. “The only way to be an important possibility is if you have an informed Supreme Court.”
Shimel Kroford was accused of promises to the Democrats of re -drawing the lines. Crawford denied this.
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