Youth turnout for Wisconsin's Supreme Court election approached 2022 midterm levels in some campus precincts, with voters largely supporting Protasiewicz.
the eventual victor
Four years earlier, during another state Supreme Court election, turnout in the same ward had totaled 158 people. While overall turnout in the ward decreased from the 2022 midterms, Protasiewicz won a larger share of votes than Gov. Tony Evers .In a number of University of Wisconsin precincts, turnout was near November’s midterms, Democrats were able to increase their vote share from the 2022 gubernatorial race to this year’s Supreme Court election, contributing to Protasiewicz’s victory.
“I’ve not seen this since a presidential election. It’s just crazy, oh my goodness,” he said of the attention to the race on campus. “I’ve been listening to podcasts, watching YouTube and stuff, and I see this election [mentioned in ads] every single day. I get texts about it every single day.”and likely would have prevailed even without the kind of support she received from college students.
Landis described them as the “Avengers of youth vote.” Tate called them “the dream team and the old man.”Project 72 WI eventually assembled a paid staff of more than 100 people, with organizers on 15 college campuses in the state. By the time the election was over, they had spent close to $1 million on campus-focused activities, a relatively small sum given the amount of money spent by both sides on the election. “If you invest in young voters, the returns are incredible,” Landis said.
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