If the Democrats win the governorships in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan this November, it will be the first time in American history that the Democratic party will control those three governorships and the Presidency after a midterm in American history.
The last time a party won these 4 offices at once during a midterm was in 1926, near the end of the 60-year Republican domination of the Presidency which started with President Lincoln. Between 1860 and 1928, the Republican party controlled these four offices for 44 years, or 64.7% of the time.
But since President Franklin Roosevelt became President no one has managed to control these four offices at once after a midterm.
Why do I care about these three governorships? Why is Wisconsin’s governorship more important than Arkansas?
Well, it has to do with Presidential elections.
Michigan
The last time a Presidency changed parties without controlling the governorship of Michigan was in 1992. It’s a decent indicator.
Michigan has voted for the Democratic Presidential candidate in all but one for the last 30 years. Ensuring Michigan doesn’t have voter discrimination ensures Michigan will have all of its votes counted fairly.
In the last 100 years, Democrats have won the Presidency without Michigan only twice, in 1976 and 1940.
Plus, Democrats need 4 more seats in the State Senate and 3 more seats in the State House in order to control state government. If the Republicans win, they will have a trifecta.
Keeping Gretchen Whitmer as governor means that Michigan will continue to have fair elections without voter discrimination.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is also one of the most important states in the country for Presidential elections. The last time a Democrat won the presidency without Pennsylvania was in 1948. Keeping the Pennsylvania governorship in Democratic hands will prevent voter discrimination legislation from being passed, given that both chambers of the state legislature are controlled by Republicans.
In an era of voter suppression, keeping a state as critical as Pennsylvania in Democratic hands will make a significant difference for the entire country.
Also, these three states were the key swing states which gave Trump the presidency in 2016.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin has voted for the Democratic candidate all but once for the last 35 years, the only election where they didn’t vote for the Democratic candidate was in 2016.
Just as with Pennsylvania and Michigan, keeping the governorship ensures no voter discrimination will pass.
In the last 100 years, the only two times Democrats have won the Presidency without Wisconsin were in 1960 and 1944.
Governor Evers is the only person preventing Wisconsin from passing the same unconstitutional voter discrimination laws.
If Democrats lose these three governorships, it is probable we will then lose the 2024 Presidential election.
We must keep these three governorships.