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riversedge

(70,242 posts)
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 08:12 PM Nov 2014

Graphic: Turnout doesn't match recall level in most of Wisconsin

Glad to see that the counties where I canvassed several times are at least green.





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The dropoff was perhaps most noticeable in southeastern Wisconsin, where Milwaukee and Racine counties fell far short of 2012 levels.
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Graphic: Turnout doesn't match recall level in most of Wisconsin (Original Post) riversedge Nov 2014 OP
looks like many people are just not that interested in politics nt msongs Nov 2014 #1
Have they given up in WI? glinda Nov 2014 #2
I've given up but I still vote. nt ginnyinWI Nov 2014 #7
The big question should be Pharaoh Nov 2014 #3
Not just Wisconsin They_Live Nov 2014 #4
Exactly Pharaoh Nov 2014 #5
Because it was the mid-terms. ginnyinWI Nov 2014 #8
Without percentages, how do we know where the worst sybylla Nov 2014 #6
 

Pharaoh

(8,209 posts)
3. The big question should be
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 10:59 PM
Nov 2014

why did the state vote for Obama twice. And Walker 3 times?

And why did the overwhelming majority of voters vote "for" the referendums to raise the minimum wage and take the federal money for medicare expansion? When Walker is against them both, and........would like to make WI a right to work state.

It does not add up.

Something is deeply wrong here in Wisconsin..........

They_Live

(3,236 posts)
4. Not just Wisconsin
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 11:24 PM
Nov 2014

I think we have widespread election fraud, vote machine tampering, and out of control gerrymandering everywhere. And then there's the voter id laws in many states, etc.

 

Pharaoh

(8,209 posts)
5. Exactly
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 11:37 PM
Nov 2014

That should be the story. It is not being pointed out even in liberal rags............

It is unacceptable, what happened to investigative journalism?

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
8. Because it was the mid-terms.
Fri Nov 7, 2014, 10:32 AM
Nov 2014

Most people don't care if it is not a Presidential election and can't be bothered to vote. Unless something absolutely terrifying is going on, people are content to let things ride. And then the staunch old Republican voters still come out and their guys sweep the election.

sybylla

(8,514 posts)
6. Without percentages, how do we know where the worst
Fri Nov 7, 2014, 12:52 AM
Nov 2014

Drop off was? In my county a loss of 2000 voters is a significant percentage. A loss of 5000 in Milwaukee us a blip.

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