Wisconsin elected a liberal to its supreme court yesterday, giving liberals a majority on the court for the first time in 15 years. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/el...ourt-election-liberals-win-majority-rcna77190
My guess is that few voters really wanted the rulings that the liberal majority will issue, any more than more than a few voters wanted the rulings that the conservative majority issued. The problem is with the parties, of course. They offer contrasting visions of the state . . . which in marketing campaigns turns into drastically different policy offerings . . .
. . . until parties are willing to move to the center, this dynamic will cause elected officials to be highly partisan, and the ruling majorities will flip between the parties regularly . . . thus resulting in - at best - an approximation of the center.
My guess is that few voters really wanted the rulings that the liberal majority will issue, any more than more than a few voters wanted the rulings that the conservative majority issued. The problem is with the parties, of course. They offer contrasting visions of the state . . . which in marketing campaigns turns into drastically different policy offerings . . .
. . . until parties are willing to move to the center, this dynamic will cause elected officials to be highly partisan, and the ruling majorities will flip between the parties regularly . . . thus resulting in - at best - an approximation of the center.