Also, regarding the past presidential cycle with Trump and Harris, at least according to the following article, the most of the largest billionaire donors and the largest amounts given by them went to Trump and Republican causes... Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg were large donors to Harris, but trailed far behind Musk:

 

https://tech.yahoo.com/business/articles/10-biggest-billionaire-donors-kamala-200000585.html

 

The 10 biggest billionaire donors to Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, and others this election

November 5, 2024

 

...

"Musk has spent at least $118 million of his own cash on efforts to help Republicans this election cycle, while his America PAC has spent just shy of $150 million to support Trump, according to a Sunday filing. That PAC, which Musk founded earlier this year, has also dropped millions of dollars on Congressional races."

 

By comparison, Gates gave $50 million to Harris. And regarding Bloomberg, the article aptly notes:

 

"Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is one of the few donors who have given as much to support Democrats as other wealthy individuals have Republicans. [emphasis added]

Until recently, Bloomberg had donated just $47 million to efforts supporting Harris’ election bid. However, Democrats close to him recently convinced him to support Harris’ campaign with a $50 million donation to a nonprofit supporting her candidacy."

 

https://tech.yahoo.com/business/articles/10-biggest-billionaire-donors-kamala-200000585.html

 

 

Elon Musk said, "Humanity's destiny rides on this election".

 

This morning, his underling, who sits behind the Resolute Desk, said, "Nothing to see here."

 

Those boys ought to better choreograph their message.

 

At least he didn't scream "RIGGED!", although it's still early in the day back there.

 

Maybe this Dem victory is the first shot fired on a real Liberation Day.

25 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

 

That's a cop out.

How do you know what the voter turnout was?

Did you check the previous  court election?

You do not want to accept that the support for Trump is starting to erode, and so you  offer a feeble  excuse for the poor election outcome of the Republican candidate, despite the  greater spending by Republcians.

 

 And before you answer, you should look at the voter participation for this election and the last court election.

And before you even do that, you should reconsider dismissing people because of your own bias and assumptions. If you are such an expert, you would know that the official voter turnout is not yet available. I will help you out;

Wisconsin does not have a statewide system for reporting unofficial results on Election Night, and there is no central official website or feed where results are reported.  State law requires that counties post the unofficial election night numbers for each polling place.  The unofficial statewide and county results numbers that the public sees on Election Night and the days thereafter come from the news media, including the Associated Press, which collects them from the 72 county clerks’ websites.

 

 

The voter turnout for the 2024 federal election was 3.7 million people or 72.6% of the voting-age population 

 

The voter turnout for the last court election in 2023 was 1.8 million people, representing about 39.34% of the state's voting-age population.

 

Do you see how this works? 

29 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

 

election outcome of the Republican candidate, despite the  greater spending by Republcians.

 

 

 

 

Harris and Clinton outspend Trump by how much? 

35 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

Harris had a billion within  weeks for her run... where did that come from.... or doesn't that could in libtard land?

Better check your Russian-English translation app, Igor. That doesn't make sense at all.

4 minutes ago, TedG said:

 

The voter turnout for the 2024 federal election was 3.7 million people or 72.6% of the voting-age population 

 

The voter turnout for the last court election in 2023 was 1.8 million people, representing about 39.34% of the state's voting-age population.

 

Do you see how this works? 

Yep, you posting random numbers. 

4 hours ago, connda said:

bob smith...do you have another screen presence now!  Asking for a friend. 

 

I’d be an angry militant black butch lesbian too if I had gotten a bunch of ridiculous face tattoos that made me look like the crack baby love child of Tekashi 69 and lil Wayne, only to find out that I wasn’t able to capitalize on it beyond using my likeness to troll expats on AN.

 

But….like you, I too think it’s Bob.

 

Sometimes, I think most of these extreme leftists here on AN are actually MAGA astroturfers who are here to make the left look even worse than they are….if that’s even possible.

 

 

Good job Wisconsin Voters ,  America will soon become    Ireland .  UK   .   Canada .  

39 minutes ago, Airalee said:

I’d be an angry militant black butch lesbian too if I had gotten a bunch of ridiculous face tattoos that made me look like the crack baby love child of Tekashi 69 and lil Wayne, only to find out that I wasn’t able to capitalize on it beyond using my likeness to troll expats on AN.

 

 

You hate a strong black woman. 

1 hour ago, TedG said:

 

The voter turnout for the 2024 federal election was 3.7 million people or 72.6% of the voting-age population 

 

The voter turnout for the last court election in 2023 was 1.8 million people, representing about 39.34% of the state's voting-age population.

 

Do you see how this works? 

 

Oh yes I do. Your argument rests on the claim that there is a reduced voter turnout and as a result, the Republican candidates lose.  Your argument ignores the fact that NOTHING is stopping motivated  Republicans from voting, nothing except their dislike of the state of the nation and the candidate. If Republicans were motivated by the cause and candidate they would have run to the polls. Your argument also requires that the results from the past  4  court elections be ignored since they support a different conclusion.

 

Wisconsin's population has  stagnated over the past decade. The population growth between 2010 and 2022 was only 3.5%. Its total population is approx. 5.9 million. The eligible number of voters has been relatively flat over the past 5 years, because of that flat population growth.

 

The tentative total voter count for the 2025 election indicates  (using the unofficial total vote @99% of districts reporting) is   2,364,372. That's a significant increase in votes from 2023's  1,840,213. The total 2023 votes cast were higher than those cast in 2020 at 1,549,697 votes If you look at the election results for the past 3 elections, voter turnout by total voters was been steadily increasing. Additionally, the last time a Republican won the election in 2019, voter turnout was low with only 1,207,569 votes cast. In the past 3 elections where a Democrat won, the results were  approx. 55%D-45%R. The election where the Republican won was neck and neck with the Republican winning by only 6,000 votes.

 

Contrary to what you conclude, for state supreme court elections, when the voter turnout is high, a Democrat is more likely to win. That's the trend since 2019. 

 

It's about trends in voting preferences. In 2020, with a 66.6% turnout, voters overwhelmingly  picked Joe Biden. It was the highest voter turnout by percentage since 1900. Biden received more than 81 million votes, the most votes ever cast for a presidential candidate in U.S. history

Biden 81,283,501 - Trump 74,223,975.   Trump lost the election.

 

The 2024 election turnout dropped to 63.9%. Trump obtained  77,302,580 compared to Harris' 75,017,613. Biden's result from 2020 was much better.  The takeaway there is that  while Harris did better than Trump did in 2020, she lost because the Democrats did not come out to vote. Trump won the election. 

 

And now voter trends are shifting back to where they have been historically. People voted for change in 2024 whether it was understood or not. Now that they see the economic catastrophe unfolding they are  starting to revert to their former voting preferences. It is why the  margins in the Florida special elections in solid safe Republican districts were cut in half. 

 

Carville the political strategist is being proven right in his prediction of  the Republican collapse.  If Trump doesn't blink again with his tariffs, the markets are going to send him a message the morning after his Rose garden spectacle, and then the voters will do it in November's governor elections in VA and NJ.

11 minutes ago, nick supreme said:

You hate a strong black woman. 

Facial tats, piercings and a bad attitude is not an example of a strong woman.  It shows a woman in need of help.  
 

This is a strong black woman….

 

 

 

Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon

 

President Donald Trump has told his inner circle, including members of his Cabinet, that Elon Musk will be stepping back in the coming weeks from his current role as governing partner, ubiquitous cheerleader and Washington hatchet man.

 

Musk’s looming exit comes as some Trump administration insiders and many outside allies have become frustrated with his unpredictability and increasingly view the billionaire as a political liability, a dynamic that was thrown into stark relief Tuesday when a conservative judge Musk vocally supported lost his bid for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat by 10 points.

 

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/02/trump-musk-leaving-political-liability-00265784

 

 

Wisconsin is a 50/50 state, interestingly, their Congressional delegation is six republicans and two democrats.

 

 

 

12 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon

 

President Donald Trump has told his inner circle, including members of his Cabinet, that Elon Musk will be stepping back in the coming weeks from his current role as governing partner, ubiquitous cheerleader and Washington hatchet man.

 

Musk’s looming exit comes as some Trump administration insiders and many outside allies have become frustrated with his unpredictability and increasingly view the billionaire as a political liability, a dynamic that was thrown into stark relief Tuesday when a conservative judge Musk vocally supported lost his bid for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat by 10 points.

 

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/02/trump-musk-leaving-political-liability-00265784

 

 

Wisconsin is a 50/50 state, interestingly, their Congressional delegation is six republicans and two democrats.

 

 

 

You mean .when his 130 days are up. Like they said when he started.

4 hours ago, Yagoda said:

You mean .when his 130 days are up. Like they said when he started.

 

May was the step back month and it was no secret, but it is reported that Trump is listening to his party, advisers and cabinet and pushing Musk to go sooner.

 

Be honest: Musk has cost Trump goodwill and alienated many Republican voters.

And also, I genuinely believe that Trump is acting  in a fatherly role now and telling Musk to go manage his businesses before he loses it all. Whatever his faults are, Trump does take care of his loyalists.

13 hours ago, TedG said:

 

The voter turnout for the 2024 federal election was 3.7 million people or 72.6% of the voting-age population 

 

The voter turnout for the last court election in 2023 was 1.8 million people, representing about 39.34% of the state's voting-age population.

 

Do you see how this works? 

 

Although I responded, CNN has provided an indepth response that explains what happened. It is a similar position to mine but expressed in more detail and with graphs and more data.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/02/politics/voter-turnout-wisconsin-election-dg/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc

Turnout in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race was remarkable for an off-year election

-Turnout in the race was remarkable for an off-year election in which state supreme court judge was the highest ranking office on the ballot — an indication that Americans remain deeply engaged in the electoral process.

-There were 1.8 million votes cast in the state’s last supreme court race in 2023. More than 2.3 million people voted in Tuesday’s contest. Compared with that 2023 race, turnout is higher in every single county.

- While that turnout was still low compared to a presidential election (more than 3.4 million people voted in Wisconsin last year) it was much closer to the roughly 2.7 million people who voted for governor in the 2018 and 2022 midterms.

 

The midterm elections were sufficient to elect a majority Republican legislature (and a Democrat Governor last election). This is the key  characteristic that  destroys your argument.

 

See how  elections work?

38 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

 

May was the step back month and it was no secret, but it is reported that Trump is listening to his party, advisers and cabinet and pushing Musk to go sooner.

 

Be honest: Musk has cost Trump goodwill and alienated many Republican voters.

And also, I genuinely believe that Trump is acting  in a fatherly role now and telling Musk to go manage his businesses before he loses it all. Whatever his faults are, Trump does take care of his loyalists.

Fake News

10 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Fake News

 

So the complaints from Republicans are fake? The refusal of some cabinet secretaries to so-operate is fake? Ok.  Let's see how it plays out. Musk is toast and he will be moved to the side before May.

So, where are Karl Rove's and Newt Gringrich's sage words these days?  Their Citizens United  monster has gone Jurassic Park.

Money in politics?  No one really bothers to keep track of it anymore.