Voters in Wisconsin and Florida Swing Toward Democrats

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🗓️ 2 April 2025

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The liberal candidate wins a Wisconsin Supreme Court election in a 10-point blowout, while the GOP retains two Florida congressional seats, but with closer margins than in November. Is this the start of a MAGA voter backlash against Donald Trump and Elon Musk? Plus, House Speaker Mike Johnson cancels this week's agenda after a GOP revolt on proxy voting for new parents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:08.5	Barely two months into Donald Trump's second term has the mega voter backlash already arrived,
0:15.2	as Democrats resoundingly on Tuesday win a state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin
0:20.2	while making big gains in two Florida
0:22.9	special house elections.
0:24.9	Meantime, Speaker Mike Johnson is forced to cancel this week's voting agenda in the House
0:29.5	after a GOP revolt on proxy voting.
0:33.0	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:36.4	We're joined again today by my colleagues
0:38.3	editorial board member, Colin Levy, and columnist Alicia Finley. Trying to read the tea leaves of
0:45.4	special elections and off-year elections can be tricky given how much the makeup of the electorate can
0:51.0	change. But after polling, suggesting that this Wisconsin Supreme Court
0:55.3	race was going to be a close run thing, a remarkable result, the winner is Liberal New Justice
1:00.6	Susan Crawford by about 10 points, 55 to 45. Let's listen to a piece of her victory speech last
1:08.2	light. So today, Wisconsinites fended off an unprecedented attack on our democracy.
1:19.6	Our fair elections and our Supreme Court, and Wisconsin stood up and said loudly that justice does not have a price.
1:32.1	Our courts are not for sale.
1:35.4	And here's a piece of the concession by conservative judge Brad Schimel.
1:40.0	The numbers aren't going to turn around.
1:43.9	They're too bad, and we're not going to pull this off.
1:47.0	So thank you guys from the bottom of my heart.
1:52.0	God bless you.
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