The Wisconsin Walloping

It's safe to say that Virginia isn't the only place where school boards have parents worried. This week, Wisconsin voters walloped Democrat school board members. In typical fashion, the St. Louis Dispatch reported "Republican-backed candidates in local school board races came out as big winners in the Milwaukee suburbs that are critical for the Wisconsin GOP in statewide elections, but they had mixed results in other parts of the battleground state." The fact that Republicans were that competitive in that many places should frighten Democrats.

The article continues, saying "Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, a Republican candidate for governor, took the unusual step of endorsing 48 school board candidates. Of those, 34 won including eight incumbents, based on preliminary results. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, a former teacher, school administrator and state superintendent, did not endorse in any race." This should frighten Democrats, too. A whopping 71% of the candidates that former Lt. Gov. Kleefisch endorsed won.

In the past 18 months, starting in Loudoun County, VA, parents have mobilized against the Democrats' woke ideology.That isn't likely to change anytime soon. Terry McAuliffe thought that running a traditional campaign with the Democrats' traditional base would push him to victory. That didn't prevail. Glenn Youngkin won by appealing to voters as 'the parents' candidate.'

Besides the people who won elections this week, the other big winner is Kleefisch. Though this segment doesn't highlight that, it makes the point that "the right of center base" turned out:

The thing that isn't talked about is the fact that the GOP base is rapidly changing and growing. This shouldn't be overlooked:

The results reinforce the idea that the goal of Republicans getting behind school board candidates in a way they haven't in the past was to reinforce their base ahead of the midterm elections, Ford said. It also shows that key voters in Milwaukee's suburbs, who were uncomfortable voting for Donald Trump, swung back and voted for conservatives in the school board races, he said.

Republicans rarely paid attention to school board elections. That's clearly changed, though Democrats won't admit that. Check out this Democrat spin:

Ben Wikler, chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, was buoyed by the results, saying Republicans should have performed better in a year that is supposed to favor them. They needed to perform better in swing parts of the state, he said. "What we saw last night is a sharply divided state that’s likely to come down to the wire in the fall," Wikler said.

Democrats who tell the truth are frightened that the suburbs swung back in the GOP's direction. Mr. Wikler can spin this all he wants but the suburban swing is the biggest takeaway. That isn't good news for Democrats.