Musk poured a ton of money, time, and energy into this race

In particular, the race was seen as a test of Musk’s political sway, as his super PAC, America PAC, alone spent more than $12 million to support Schimel. He also traveled to Wisconsin the Sunday before the election, where he handed out $1 million checks to voters who had signed his petition against “activist judges.”

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    Both appear to be happening in the specials lately

    Higher comparative dem turnout and some degree of persuasion is likely

    Can’t directly tell because individual votes are anonymous, but you can tell what party a voter is registered with in some states.

    Generally seeing higher turnout among registered dems and margins large enough to suggest that many independent and likely some Republicans are shifting their votes