Midwest Elections: Left Wins Big, GOP Exposed, and Trump's Indictment

Victories by a liberal judge and a progressive mayoral candidate in Wisconsin and Chicago respectively offer Democrats five key takeaways: the potency of abortion as a winning issue for Democrats, the limits of a "tough on crime" message, the breadth of Democratic strength in battlegrounds, the importance of candidate quality, and concerns about democracy persisting. The Wisconsin results show that the salience of abortion is not fading, and in Chicago, a “tough-on-crime” message fell short.