The message from the striking elections in Chicago and Wisconsin

If there was a soundtrack to Brandon Johnson’s campaign to be mayor of Chicago, it was house music. At his events, a truck blaring it out followed him around. At his election-night party, a dj warmed up supporters with Chicago classics such as “Percolator” by Green Velvet and “Your Love” by Frankie Knuckles. Middle-aged women in union hoodies bopped alongside young men in suits. The queue for drinks stretched across the room. But the most appropriate song played at the event was, oddly enough, by a British band—”You Sexy Thing”, by Hot Chocolate, with its chorus “I believe in miracles”. When Mr Johnson came onto the stage, he began his speech with one word: Hallelujah.