thirty-seven-year-old green bay resident jon mckinney grew up in seven-year-old resident jon mckinney in a conservative household and long considered himself a republican. but mckinney, who volunteers at this boat shop teaching craftsmanship skills to kids, says that changed with the 2016 election. >> as soon as donald trump became president, i mean, the party was foreign to me. they're too focused on power, seats, takg over controlling the various levers of government. and they don't really care about kind of the foundations of what so when it comes their ideology is. there are other races on the ballot that i will be voting for. but after reading about the two candidates, i don't feel like i can vote for eitheof them. it builds our community. judy: mckinney says 's seen politics in wisconsin become more tribal. he's concerned about the lack of any substante conversations around policy differences, which has led to the atmosphere surrounding tomorrow's election. jon mckinney: i'm absolutely disgusted by it. you know, supreme court justices, i look at as kind of last line of defense.

judy: some of that skepticism is already weighing on wisconsin voters like jon mckinney in green bay. if we get a contentious vote, if, you know, either one of them when we have a contentious vote, it is always want to think the person elected is doing what they believe is right. but there'll always be a question of, you -- are they doing a favor. judy: charlie sykes sees this moment as particularly painful for his home state: >> wisconsin has a long -- no one knows where it's going. these are decent people. these are people who actually care about their neighbors, so you just have to have a confidence in the underlying decency of people becoming disgusted with what's happening with our politics, but i'm not sure we are there yet. judy: for the pbs newshour i'm judy woodruff in milwaukee. geoff: chicago voters head to the polls tomorrow for a final chance to cast ballots in the mayor's race county commissioner brandon johnson is facing off against former chicago public schools ceo paul vallas both of them beat a crowded field of 9 candidates including incumbent mayor lori lightfoot, t