people of Wisconsin fight back...
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If the people were fighting back, it would have been a landslide victory for Kloppenburg, instead it was pretty much dead even. It was predicted she would win with 55% + of the vote. This is not a true referendum on the Waker plan. The supreme court should be non-biased politically. They should be looking at legislature strictly on the means of it being constitutional or not, regardless of whether its a conservative or liberal piece of legislature. If their political leaning is going to affect their decisions, they won't last long as justices.
Also, look at it this way, Jim Doyle (a liberal democrat) won the governor's spot several times. Wisconsin is one of those states that fluctuates. It'll go through years of liberal leadership and then once they do something to **** off the conservatives, conservatives will get in and run the show for a while. Then they'll do something to **** of the liberals, and the liberals will vote them out. Its the way it goes. Can't make everyone happy.
However, if you were to cut Madison out of the state of Wisconsin, the state would be a solid red state... Alot of liberals and welfare beneficiaries out there, even Milwaukee isn't that bad...
All I can say is:
Also, look at it this way, Jim Doyle (a liberal democrat) won the governor's spot several times. Wisconsin is one of those states that fluctuates. It'll go through years of liberal leadership and then once they do something to **** off the conservatives, conservatives will get in and run the show for a while. Then they'll do something to **** of the liberals, and the liberals will vote them out. Its the way it goes. Can't make everyone happy.
However, if you were to cut Madison out of the state of Wisconsin, the state would be a solid red state... Alot of liberals and welfare beneficiaries out there, even Milwaukee isn't that bad...
All I can say is:
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still pretty crazy she came back by 30% espicially against the incumbent, and I heard he was a popular guy
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She was considered dead in the water back in January. However, thanks to alot of union and liberal money, plus huge get out and vote campaigns and bus in programs, she managed to gain alot of support.
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http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/20...-in-wisconsin/
1.4 million was spent by left leaning special intrest groups on the democratic candidate and 2.1million was spent by conservative leaning groups on the republican candidate
1.4 million was spent by left leaning special intrest groups on the democratic candidate and 2.1million was spent by conservative leaning groups on the republican candidate
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From: Under the flightpath of old ORD 22R
Rick Ungar is leading readers to a place by the use of statistics.
To illustrate the point, consider that Judge Prosser won his last election to the bench by garnering 99.54% of the 550,000 votes cast.
Remember, Judge Prosser won his last election with over 99% of the vote. In this election, he not only lost a full 50% of that voter base, it would appear that he has lost his seat on the bench.
Any other quick checks only give vague percentages of how many of the registered voters showed up for this election.
This is a quote from Sun Prairie City Clerk ( city, not state ) :
Hermann-Brown says they usually see about a 20% voter turnout in an April election. But in Tuesday's election, 47% of registered voters cast a ballot.
Is it fair to say that this 1 city had 2.3 times the voters turn out, so extrapolate that the state has in overall 2.3 times the voters show up, and it was a case of Judge Prosser did not lose a single vote, but those who bothered to show up this time to vote, voted mostly against him ( and some for him ).
Got me, this is a huge SWAG to make, but it is on par with how Rick Ungar makes use of facts, and presents them to make it look like something else by saying Judge Prosser lost 50% of his voter base.
Just something to think about when reading an article.
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Google found it
Seems the media is the one that was deciding the winner, not the actual counts. Final counts are not due in until 15-APR.
On Thursday evening, however, the Waukesha County clerk's office dropped a bombshell, telling state election officials that the county would be adjusting its totals to give the conservative-leaning jurist another 7,500 net votes.
Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus said a “human error” meant about 14,000 votes in the Republican-leaning county weren’t reported to the Associated Press for its unofficial election-night tallies, on which news organizations based their reporting.
Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus said a “human error” meant about 14,000 votes in the Republican-leaning county weren’t reported to the Associated Press for its unofficial election-night tallies, on which news organizations based their reporting.
There was more good news for the Prosser campaign: the conservative jurist also picked up 224 votes in Winnebago County after a discrepancy was found between the county’s figures and those tallied by the Associated Press.
