In late summer, as national media reported that Republican Scott Walker would “finally” lose the Wisconsin governor's mansion in November, a man and two women paraded through the state capital campus with homemade pro-union signs, warning Walker's days in power were numbered.
Three months and a six-point margin of victory later, Walker is heading back to his state job.
And Wisconsin has proven, unforeseen by Washington, that when it comes to the 2016 presidential election, it is the “new” Ohio.