In Reply to: There is no vaccine for stupidity posted by mh on August 12, 2026 at 09:43:26
"David Crowley pulled off a victory in Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor on Tuesday that was both a stunning upset and an unheard of comeback, defeating the field’s frontrunner with a Hail Mary effort in the final weeks of a race that was seen as a test of whether new democratic socialist victories in deep blue states could be replicated in Midwestern battlegrounds."
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Lazy reporters draw conclusions to fit a pre-conceived narrative.
Hong was a bad democratic socialst candidate. She had more baggage than a fully-loaded 747, and still lost by a tiny margin. Wisconsin voters rejected Hong, not liberal ideas.
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"Crowley defeated Francesca Hong by less than half of a percentage point in an election outcome that none of the statewide polls predicted. In every survey, including one Crowley’s campaign paid for, Hong carried a double-digit lead in the race."
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Primary polls are notorious for being incredibly inaccurate. They typically are off by an average of 13%. Those polls showed a race within the margin of error.
But political reporter talk about those polls as facts, when they don't mean squat.