Wisconsin absentee voting breaks state midterm record
Source: WISC-TV
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin has broken the state record for absentee ballots submitted during a midterm election, according to a news release from the Wisconsin Elections Commission.
With more than 547,000 absentee ballots already turned in before Election Day Tuesday, the state has overtaken the 2014 record of 374,294. That's a difference of more than 170,000 ballots.
Absentee voting has been very strong this fall, but still trails the overall record absentee ballots set for the 2016 presidential and general election, Wisconsins chief elections official, Meagan Wolfe, said. We do not know yet whether record absentee voting for a midterm will mean higher-than-normal turnout for this election.
In a midterm election, overall turnout typically ranges from 50 to 55 percent of the voting age population, compared to 65 to 70 percent in a presidential election.
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catbyte
(34,408 posts)be as satisfying as seeing Cruz kicked to the curb.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)Breaking the midterm record but not as large as in 2016 isnt particularly comforting, considering the results two years ago (the first time WI had gone for a Republican presidential candidate since 1988?). It stands to reason that a lot of those votes in 2016 came from highly motivated elderly white MAGAts who would otherwise have sat it out.
Gregory Peccary
(490 posts)Would like to see Brad Schimel get a swift boot delivered to his ass as well. Corruption runs deep there.
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FloridaBlues
(4,008 posts)Anyone know how Randy Bryce is polling?
LakeArenal
(28,826 posts)riversedge
(70,246 posts)is pouring into WI01!!!