Wisconsin Supreme Court race KLOPPENBURG vs Prosser - Thread #2

[Hokie]

Thread #1 here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=820845&mesg_id=820845

AP Results http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2011/by_county/WI_Supreme_Court_0405.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS

[spooky3]

1. thanks

[spooky3]

10. the results for Milwaukee seem strange - so few votes for

a metro with almost a million people. Even if only 2/3 are registered voters (I assume fewer than 20% are kids under 18), I would have expected well over 200K voting, given the attention to this election.

[Lyric]

2. We're still 18k up! And Milwaukee's numbers are looking stronger.

58%/42% in our favor. :woohoo:

[aaaaaa5a]

4. Our lead grows!

(R)
594,300
49%


(D)
612,116
51%

[yellowcanine]

9. Yes I suspect Rep suburbs mostly in. Should get better.

[Mz Pip]

3. So far so good.

51% - 49% Kloppenberg.

[Hokie]

5. Kloppenburg up 51-49 with 80% Reporting

Prosser 594,300 49% Kloppenburg 612,116 51%

[blogslut]

6. 10:58 PM CST

Prosser 595,839/Kloppenburg 614,578

[Old and In the Way]

7. Cautiously optimistic

I just don't get why it's this close.

[aaaaaa5a]

13. Never underestimate the power and stupidity of rural districts. NT

[Justitia]

28. me either - I find it really discouraging to be this close w/all the attention

but, yeah, you can't underestimate the stupid

I live in TX and I see it election after election after election

it's always a nasty surprise, no matter how long in life I've been voting

[RichGirl]

30. The rural precincts are much smaller...

Votes get counted quicker so they report sooner. The initial results were most likely mostly rural...republican. It will be a while before the big cities like Madison and Milwaukee report. Cities are democratic.

[tanyev]

8. Sarah Palin's Endorsement Kiss of Death strikes again?

:woohoo:

[spooky3]

11. your lips (or hers) to the ballot box!

[spooky3]

17. still nothing from Fond Du Lac, a pretty sizable county

(biting nails)

[handmade34]

12. ...

Supreme Court REPORTING 82%
Joanne Kloppenburg 614,306
51%
David Prosser (inc) 595,474
49%

[charmay]

22. I'm worried about Waukesha

[buddysmellgood]

29. Waukesha is done. He'll get no more help there. Dane and Milwaukee are still reporting

[spooky3]

37. per the AP link (in the OP) only 119/198 Waukesha precincts are reported so far.

[buddysmellgood]

56. Crap, I misread that.

[highplainsdem]

54. Waukesha has nearly 260,000 registered voters, only slightly over 100,000 votes so far, 1/3 of

precincts left.

[phaseolus]

58. done?

Last fall Waukesha county had ~180k votes recorded for Wis. Governor. Only ~109k in so far. I'm not ready to sleep easy quite yet. Dammit, Kloppenburg's lead is narrowing.

(Save us, Dane County, You're our only hope...)

[Lyric]

14. 19k up!

Total 2962/3630

D. Prosser (i)
595,839 49%

J. Kloppenburg
614,578 51%

[FreeState]

19. 35K up now!!!

Supreme Court REPORTING 84%
  Joanne Kloppenburg
640,660

51%
  David Prosser (inc)
605,734

49%

[Lyric]

Yes!!

:woohoo:

[Hokie]

15. Trends all good

Milwaukee is going the right way and lots of Dane votes yet to come. The lead is 19.5 k.

[Hokie]

24. Now +35k for Kloppenburg!

[blogslut]

16. 11:00 PM CST

Prosser 605,734/Kloppenburg 640,660

[hobbit709]

18. What's going on in the counties with no tallies yet.

did they decide to go for beer and brats before counting?

[City Lights]

23. I was just wondering the same thing.

Seems strange to me.

[Mz Pip]

35. Honestly, that worries me.

Anyone remember that election a few years back in Ohio? Jean Schmidt was behind the whole time and then at the end she swooped in for the win.

It ain't over til it's over.

[Viking12]

39. Ran out of ballots and kept the polls open, thus delaying count

Fond du Lac will go Kloppenberg

[City Lights]

43. Thanks for the info! nt

[W_HAMILTON]

20. I'm guessing that's game...

Looks like Kloppenburg is pulling away, even as the more Republican-leaning counties finally seem to be reporting.

[FeelingBlue]

21. newest

RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 11:00 pm CDT
Election Home
Supreme Court REPORTING 84%
Joanne Kloppenburg

640,660
51%
David Prosser (inc)

605,734
49%

[Hokie]

34. Still plus 35k with 84% reporting

Yah!

[blogslut]

25. 11:03 PM CST

Prosser 607,743/Kloppenburg642,256

[loudsue]

26. I won't rest until it's over and Prosser has conceded. Not in elections in the USA

in this century.

[lonestarnot]

33. Waaaaait for it, Waaaaaait for it.

:7 :applause: :woohoo: :bounce:

[mucifer]

27. I'd feel better if we had some idea about fondulac

[spooky3]

31. me too

[FeelingBlue]

32. Hopeful

RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 11:03 pm CDT
Election Home
Supreme Court REPORTING 85%
Joanne Kloppenburg

648,723
51%
David Prosser (inc)

624,972
49%

[yellowcanine]

36. 34,000+ vote lead for Kloppenburg now.

[spooky3]

40. now down to 12K difference, with more votes in from Waukesha

[FreeState]

46. This links ahead of the one your looking at

http://elections.todaystmj4.com/G8801.htm


Edit it was... Now she's up by only 5K!,

[spooky3]

76. thanks but it hasn't moved for a long time...

[in_cog_ni_to]

41. She's got it in the bag!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[fishwax]

38. looking good!

:woohoo:

[yellowcanine]

45. oops - 50/50 again, lead only 2000. Dang.

[fishwax]

61. aargh! nerve-wracking!

[spooky3]

now only 4K difference - come on remaining Milwaukee and Madison precincts

[Iwasthere]

42. 35000+ votes and yet it stays at 51% to 49% ?

In fact it has remained at 51 to 49 since the margin was about 5000 ?

[mucifer]

44. down to 12,000

[aaaaaa5a]

Lead just got tighter…. down to 12,000 votes.

We are not out of the woods yet.

[Hokie]

55. Fond du Lac all came in at once

That cost Kloppenburg 6000.

[FeelingBlue]

47. Tightening

RESULTS as of Tuesday, Apr 05, 2011 at 11:08 pm CDT
Election Home
Supreme Court REPORTING 88%
Joanne Kloppenburg

655,325
50%
David Prosser (inc)

650,059
50%

[Mz Pip]

48. 50 - 50 again.

Ugh.

[aaaaaa5a]

49. Down to less than a 4,000 vote advantage.

its never easy is it?

[FreeState]

50. Fond du Lac came in...

Fond du Lac 77/77 16,243
61% 10,390
39%

[L. Coyote]

51. I declared the winner in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x821883

and I may have jumped the gun??

[Hokie]

68. I think you are right

If Milwaukee holds it should pad Kloppenburg's lead another 20-25k. Dane will add another 15k. I can't see where Prosser can overcome that.

[Hokie]

74. Was Dane one of the counties where polls stayed open late?

It hasn't updated in a long time.

[mucifer]

52. all of fon du lac's votes are in now. We still got waukesha to worry about

[Lyric]

53. Fond du Lac just reported all their precincts at once. That's what tightened it up again.

They went 61% for Prosser, so take heart--that's one big Prosser county down and 100% out of the way...and we're still ahead. :)

[Viking12]

75. WOW! that's a big surprise.

I have sources in that area that were VERY confident. Disheartening.

[brentspeak]

57. Washington Cty still only 1/4 counted, and heavily in favor of Prosser n/t

[yourout]

59. Its down to 40 Dane precincts against 70 Waukesha and 28 Washington...

precincts.

And 30 Marathon precincts.

Not good.....not good at all.

[Lyric]

63. And 13 Milwaukee.

[FreeState]

64. You forgot Eau Claire!!!!

Eau Claire 20/61 2,837
40% 4,250
60%

[Lyric]

65. And one called Waupaca?

I'm not seeing any numbers from there yet.

[FreeState]

66. Yep - don't know the lean there but Eau Claires dem n/t

[FreeState]

Last election leaned about 5% GOP

http://www.topix.com/politics/waupaca-wi

[Viking12]

67. 29 Milwaukee precincts too. Much bigger population

plus 77 in Fond du Lac which will lean Kloppenberg

[Lyric]

All of Fond du Lac is in. Prosser won it.

Prosser won Fond du Lac with 61%.

[Justitia]

72. Damn, I thought FdL was supposed to be a Dem stronghold??? -eom

[Viking12]

79. Not a stronghold but strong anti-Walker given recent events

Their Senator, Randy Hopper (R), barely won the last election and has been tied to several scandals. Plus there are prisons with strong union presence, that I was confident would lean blue.

[Justitia]

83. thank you! -eom

[KelleyKramer]

70. and 30 boxes in milwaukee

Looking at the Mil numbers, those remaining boxes should be very strong

[Lyric]

60. Anybody know the recount margin in Wisconsin? nt

[highplainsdem]

81. Here:

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Recount_laws_in_Wisconsin

[Irritable Liberal]

62. It's going to be jumping around for a while

Hard to figure out. Only 3 counties still have considerable votes to count. It's strange that Milwaukee seems to be the only count where the Democrats/Kloppenberg have a lower percentage than the Governor's race. Makes no sense unless the remaining precincts are Democratic strongholds

[mucifer]

69. waupaka has no votes counted is it dem or repub ?

[Lyric]

73. Obama won Waupaca in 2008, but only barely.

Bushco won it before that by bigger margins. It's a purple county.

[fishwax]

77. looks like it went 60-40 for Walker in 2010

Here's hoping the numbers are different tonight.

Here's a PDF of the county-by-county vote tallies in the last election: http://gab.wi.gov/sites/default/files/County_by_County_Final_November_12_16_10.pdf

[yourout]

80. 50-50 would be the best we could hope for from Waupaca

[highplainsdem]

87. Just came in. Prosser 59%.

[FreeState]

88. Results are in 59% Posser

Waupaca 38/38 7,204
59% 4,938
41%

[vaberella]

71. Kloppenburg seems to be ahead, but not by much. n/t

[yellowcanine]

86. No kidding - about 1500 votes. This one may not be decided for a while.

[Irritable Liberal]

78. What's going on in Milwaukee?

With only 13 precincts left in Milwaukee Kloppenberg has 56% of the vote. In Nov. The Democrats got 62%. That and Waukesha County are the only two counties where there is a shift away from the left from November.

[phaseolus]

82. Dane, Waukesha vote totals

2008 presidential votes cast: 279k Dane, 230k Waukesha
total reported so far, as I type this: 170k Dane, 107k Waukesha

Dammit, release the damn totals already. I wanna go to bed ...

[vaberella]

85. LOL! n/t

[yourout]

90. Eau Claire may be our saviour if we pull it out.

[mucifer]

84. I think the vote counters went to bed I'm not getting new results

[W_HAMILTON]

89. There are Waupaca's votes...

38/38 precincts reporting, 59% for Prosser.

Kloppenburg still leads overall.

[yellowcanine]

93. Ack - Pisser just went ahead by about 500 votes.

[Old and In the Way]

91. I never realized how many multi-millionaries Wisconsion has.

Well over 600,000 it appears. Kind of amazes me that they can get but a few thousand to rally in public for their Governor, but they can turn out and give the republicans such strong support. Oh well, I guess Wisconsin has suffered enough yet, either.

[Mz Pip]

94. Or people who think

that maybe someday they just might be millionaires. Or people who just don't like labor.

[Lyric]

92. Prosser just pulled ahead.

Supreme Court REPORTING 92%
David Prosser (inc)
687,274
50%

Joanne Kloppenburg
686,683
50%

[Hokie]

96. That last update was almost all from Prosser counties

[Hokie]

112. This is really close

Dane hasn't updated for over 30 minutes.

[Hokie]

118. Dane just added 30 precincts with no votes

That is what PO's me about election reporting is when stuff like that happens.

[Mz Pip]

98. Here we go.

:puke:

[lutefisk]

95. Waukesha is the problem here- too many votes unreported, and they run 3-1 for Prosser

Hate to say it, but it really doesn't look good.

[Bumblebee]

101. and what about 40 precincts still in Dane. Don't count? There she runs 3 to 1 too and they have more

people

[Lyric]

103. Waukesha's numbers are trickling in again. That's how Prosser pulled ahead.

Dane, Eau Claire, and a few more boxes from Milwaukee are still not in, though. It's true that the last few tend to be the bigger ones--but "big" in Dane and Milwaukee is a lot bigger than "big" in Waukesha, so hope is not yet lost.

[Luminous Animal]

104. Dane and Eau Claire have not updated their reporting in over an hour.

[kevinbgoode]

107. Marathon looks like it is holding out, too. . .

not a good thing either.

[highplainsdem]

97. Prosser back in the lead, due to more votes from Waukesha.

[spooky3]

102. Come on Dane and Eau Claire!

If the Dems lose due to poor turnout in Milwaukee, they really need to work on the GOTV for the next election.

[keroro gunsou]

120. waukesha's still got

like 60 wards to report in T_T

[shraby]

99. Seems that who ever is ahead in a county, the lead stays

with that person..hardly any flipped from the one it started out with.

[aaaaaa5a]

100. We are going to need help from whats left of Milwaukee and Dane counties nt

[Bumblebee]

Dane all of a sudden is almost done...

[highplainsdem]

116. It suddenly showed a lot more precincts reporting, but the vote count didn't change.

[in_cog_ni_to]

105. OMG...he pulled ahead.

:grr:


D. Prosser J. Kloppenburg
687,274 686,683

[spooky3]

108. and only 5 precincts left in Dane. Milwaukee and Eau Claire will have to come

through.

[yourout]

114. We're dicked......crap.

[phaseolus]

106. I can't stay awake any longer. On the bright side...

...Brown Deer's two teabagger school board candidates lost to the sane candidates, and I'm happy about Abele and Haas.

May my dreams come true before I wake up in a few hours...

[spooky3]

111. glad to have some good news - hope you have more later this AM

[highplainsdem]

109. Washington County looks bad, too, with only half the precincts reporting.

[Justitia]

110. Man, this Texan is on pins & needles!

I wanted a landslide to live vicariously thru my WI friends!

[jpgray]

113. Tightening--K down only by ~400 now.

Prosser-689,201, Kloppenburg-688,802

[aaaaaa5a]

119. We are now down by more than 6,000 votes. NT

[shraby]

122. Where did that last pile of votes come from?

[aaaaaa5a]

129. I'm sorry I don't know. I was only keeping track of the total number of votes. Sorry! NT

[Matariki]

121. delete

Excuse me, I posted in the wrong place...

[FreeState]

115. By my count he has 10 precincts more in counties that haven't been counted

But I don't know the population and didn't look at the total lean - just a simple count of precincts left by who's ahead in each.

[jillan]

117. What happened? He is winning - so far!

[aaaaaa5a]

127. Back in the game! Down less than 2000 votes!

I don't know Wisconsin law, but its hard to fathom there won't be a recount tonight. This is going to be too close to call well into the morning hours.

[Irritable Liberal]

123. Dane County went from 207 to 243 precincts

and the totals barely changed unless they are small outlying precincts. Not much left other than Waukesha. This isn't looking good right now.

[Hokie]

124. Watch Milwaukee

That vote total looks low to me.

[aaaaaa5a]

130. Milwaukee is the story of the night.

What is going on there?

[Matariki]

125. Ugh - getting tired of republicans pulling key wins out of their Waukeshas

Why is it always so close?

[W_HAMILTON]

126. By my count...

Left to report (as of like 10 minutes ago):

Tilt Kloppenburg = 42 precincts
Heavy Kloppenburg = 95 precincts

Tilt Prosser = 45 precincts
Heavy Prosser = 102 precincts

[jpgray]

128. Jumping all over--K down ~1,780, was down ~6,000 a few moments ago

K 701,478
P 703,258

[Lyric]

132. I saw that! Dane just went up one.

Apparently that jump was from ONE Dane precinct. The biggest ones tend to report last because it takes longer to count the votes. It's gonna be a bumpy ride from here on out.

[yellowcanine]

133. Yep - it is not over yet. Recount will be needed for sure and it could change the result.

This one is going to take a while.

[Matariki]

131. If Prosser wins I hope WI Dems demand a good look at the ballots.

Seriously - this constant 51% win in important races is wearing a little thin. Plus the Republicans in WI have proven to not be the most law respecting bunch...

[spooky3]

140. very weird - the final ~ 50 precincts came in from Waukesha and Prosser's lead barely

increased

[brentspeak]

134. self/del

[Lyric]

136. I don't know about that. EDIT: I was right!

Something weird has been going on--they've been adding to the "precincts reporting" numbers for some counties, but not adding to the vote totals. I think they might be entering stuff so fast that they forget to update the precinct numbers at the same time that they're adding in the vote totals. If that's true, then some of those Waukesha precincts might already be included in the vote totals. It happened earlier with Waukesha, and also with Dane, Milwaukee, and Wood counties.

Edit: Waukesha is now fully reported, but the vote total remains the same.

[spooky3]

158. I think you're right. So who knows where we stand now????

[jillan]

135. Shit - he just went up more.

[jpgray]

138. Looking like it's still a 1,800 gap or so

[keroro gunsou]

139. waukesha's in...

as expected 73-27 pisser.

[Lyric]

147. But notice that their vote total didn't go up.

At least not by more than a scant handful. Those numbers were already included! They just forgot to update the "precincts reported" tally. This is GOOD news...it means that we still have a chance because Dane and Milwaukee BOTH still have precincts left to report!

[Bumblebee]

148. If they are done

and he is only 2K ahead, then she probably wins... but the numbers are weird

[winstars]

145. Waukesha is DONE!!!

All in!!! Lets go Dane and Milwaukee!!

[KelleyKramer]

137. Waukesha has been way behind in reporting all night, strange

are they holding that to sandbag it?

[charmay]

141. Waukesha is in

198/198

[Ed Suspicious]

142. Waukesha is 100% in!

[yourout]

143. Wow.....now all in and we still have some of Milwaukee and Eau Claire.

Still alive.

[W_HAMILTON]

144. Waukesha is out of the way now, 198/198 reporting.

Good to get them out of the way :)

[Zorra]

149. Waukesha is done, with our girl only down 2,000. Milwaukee, Dane,

and Eau Claire still not all in, all heavy Dem.

fingers and toes are crossed

[spooky3]

154. if I could trust the current AP numbers, I would feel optimistic - 40 precincts

in Eau Claire, plus another 15 or so in Milwaukee & Dane to go, and I don't see an offsetting right leaning county - other than Marathon, which has been stalled for a long time.

[fishwax]

146. Waukeshaw is in now, and Prosser only has a 2k lead

that's pretty good news, considering how things were looking, I think ...

[highplainsdem]

150. Yes, it's looking more hopeful.

[jpgray]

153. Fingers, toes and eyes crossed over here (nt)

[yellowcanine]

155. Holy crap. Kloppenburg could pull this out yet. Either way, a recount for sure.

[Lyric]

160. There will probably be a recount, but maybe not for a super-close vote.

I suspect that if Kloppenburg pulls this off, Prosser will push for a recount just because that's what EVERYONE does these days. But we still have the biggest precincts from Dane, Milwaukee, and Eau Claire left to report...those could push her final total to a much more comfortable level.

:hi:

[W_HAMILTON]

151. What happened to Marathon?

I didn't remember it missing so many precincts (108/140). Did I just overlook them this whole time?

[jillan]

152. Look at Marathon county - this county is scaring the crap out of me.

[fishwax]

156. 50 Strong Democratic precincts left, only 14 strong republican

Still 13 precincts out in Milwaukee and 21 in Eau Claire, both counties going heavily for democrats. Plus a handful of other odd precincts in other counties.

[in_cog_ni_to]

162. Good! GO, Wisconsin! n/t

[spooky3]

163. yep - Adams, Ashland, Sauk have leaned Dem so far and they still have

some precincts to count. In this close of a race, that may be important.

[Irritable Liberal]

157. What about mail-in and provisional ballots in Wisconsin

Do they count those afterwards? Does anyone from Wisconsin know?

[spooky3]

159. excellent question - help us Badgers!

[jpgray]

161. Kloppenburg UP! By 1600 votes

K 707961

P 706381

[Lyric]

164. Edit: Nevermind, I see it!

:woohoo:

[Bravo Zulu]

165. Thanks!

[Mz Pip]

166. Down to the wire.

Some of the stong Dem counties aren't finished reporting yet, from what I can tell.

It ain't over til it's over.

[shraby]

185. He just took a big jump..where'd they come from?

[W_HAMILTON]

168. Looks like just one Milwaukee precinct caused that jump, too.

Good news.

[yellowcanine]

169. It appears that one precinct in Milwaukee did that. 12 more to go.

[Zorra]

171. Majority of counties left with votes to count lean Dem, including Milwaukee.

Marathon is our biggest threat.

[Horse with no Name]

172. Let me translate that

When a republican is ahead 1600, it is a mandate.

When a Democrat is ahead 1600, it is simply a margin of error.

[Lyric]

193. Dane only has one precinct left to report. Milwaukee has 12. Eau Claire has 21.

This is SO not over yet.

Unless those votes are already part of the total and they just haven't updated the "precincts reporting" tally, in which case we're screwn.

[fishwax]

174. yes!

:kick:

[aaaaaa5a]

167. We just took the lead. But the election is this/close! NT

[fishwax]

170. my estimation of precincts remaining

14 strong republican (especially 8 in Ozaukee county)
44 lean (less than 55%) republican (32 in Marathon and 10 in Racine)

16 lean democratic (Mostly Dunn and Sauk)
48 strong democratic (Eau Claire and Milwaukee)

Still looks hopeful overall, but I assume this is headed for a recount ...

[spooky3]

176. I think you mean EC & M are strong Dem

[fishwax]

181. d'oh! fixed it -- thanks!

:hi:

[spooky3]

thanks for the counts!

:hi:

[Irritable Liberal]

173. Back in the lead

Prosser 706,381 Kloppenberg 707,961

Hang in there, although a recount looks certain

[yellowcanine]

178. Dang.. Not for long. - 5000 now.

[stevenleser]

175. Ugh, bad guy just recaptured lead by 5000 or so

[yourout]

182. Were did that come from?

[stevenleser]

186. Bad guys lead cut to 2000 votes n/t

[mvd]

189. Now how did that happen?

I thought most left were D precincts?

[Irritable Liberal]

177. Aaaargghhh - lead gone - 5K lead for Prosser N/T

[phaseolus]

190. Yeah, Ozaukee did that.

That bright red county's now 48/48 reporting.

Strangely, I feel okay nonetheless, since Milwaukee's totals haven't changed. Especially since Prosser's lead just narrowed by half just now.

Oh yeah. Bedtime.

[jpgray]

179. ...and now Kloppenburg is down by ~4,600

K 716323

P 721048

[jpgray]

183. Kloppenburg now down 2,400

[Lyric]

180. Only 2k behind now.

REPORTING 97%
David Prosser (inc)
722,836
50%

Joanne Kloppenburg
720,421
50%

[yellowcanine]

187. one Dane precinct narrowed it to 2000+ Holy moly.

[aaaaaa5a]

184. His lead is back down to about 2,000. NT

[yellowcanine]

192. 12 Milwaukee precincts sitting out there like a big fat walrus.

[W_HAMILTON]

188. Looks like only Marathon + 6 other precincts...

...are in Prosser's Column (38 precincts total). That means the remaining 64 precincts favor Kloppenburg.

[fishwax]

195. and Marathon isn't a huge split -- 54-46 right now, compared to

Milwaukee (57% Dem, 12 precincts left) and Eau Claire (60% Dem, 21 precincts left) ...

[Bravo Zulu]

199. Thanks!

[aaaaaa5a]

191. There are still 12 precincts in Milwaukee and 11 in Eau Claire that have yet to report. NT

[mvd]

196. Good news. If that Prosser wins after everything that has gone on,

I wonder if people will ever, ever learn.

[Lyric]

197. It's actually 21 in Eau Claire.

61-40 = 21

:hi:

[fishwax]

200. 21 for Eau Claire, right? n/t

[aaaaaa5a]

Sorry guys! Typo, sometimes I go to fast! NT

[fishwax]

212. understandable -- pretty exciting, after all (but also nerve-wracking) :)

[Lyric]

194. Dane only has one precinct left to report. Milwaukee has 12. Eau Claire has 21.

This is SO not over yet.

Unless those votes are already part of the total and they just haven't updated the "precincts reporting" tally, in which case we're screwn.

[jpgray]

198. Narrowing--Kloppenburg now down 1,800

P 724,355
K 722,518

[jillan]

201. Will someone please call Marathon county and tell them to hurry up!

That county doesn't move and it looks like it's going his way.

[spooky3]

202. I'm hoping maybe their votes were counted but the precinct total wasn't updated

(see Lyric's post upthread about how this happened in other counties).

Marathon has been stuck on 108 precincts reporting for hours.

[FreeState]

205. I'm thinking the same - however it's a 10% spread there and it's a better spread in the dem

County's left to count....

[yourout]

206. Judging by the vote totals I dont think they are all in.

[Tx4obama]

203. There are updates on the original #1 thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x820845

p.s. Who is this Hokie person that hijacked my thread by splitting it into two?

[highplainsdem]

204. I just did a rough tally, and of the remaining precincts, the majority are in counties Kloppenburg

is winning.

[in_cog_ni_to]

207. G-d. I hope you're right. This is unbelievably close! n/t

[proud patriot]

209. (biting nails)

:think:

[highplainsdem]

And Tx4obama just posted in the original thread that Milwaukee still hasn't counted absentee

ballots. 8,000 of them.

[in_cog_ni_to]

217. And I just read someone tweeted...the absentee ballots will give Kloppenberg the lead. n/t

[yellowcanine]

211. Now Kloppenburg down only 1700 votes.

[fishwax]

208. A list of what's left

Heavy Republican (5): Calumet (1), Jefferson (1), Manitowoc (1), Oconto (1), Taylor (1)
Lean Republican (34): Adams (1), Buffalo (1), Marathon (32)

Lean Democratic (15): Dunn (6), Juneau (1), Sauk (8)
Heavy Democratic (43): Ashland (6), Crawford (2), Dane (1), Eau Claire (21), Milwaukee (12), Portage (1)

[aaaaaa5a]

210. Plus 8,000 absent ballots.

Good info.

[jpgray]

213. Thanks for the rundown.

It's going to be close!

[stevenleser]

214. I predict we win by 3000 votes n/t

[fishwax]

215. perhaps a third thread is in order (for the photo finish) :D

[Hokie]

216. I am OK with that

I am not possessive of threads like some people. :)

Just post a link in this one. I was only trying to help.

[spooky3]

218. go for it, fishwax!

[yellowcanine]

219. Count seems to have stopped. Not good. Shit happens just like Florida 2000.

The count stopped just as Gore was set to go into the lead. Somehow he never got the lead again.

An Jim Baker was whining about the recount making "votes go the other way." As if that meant there had to be something wrong.

[Zorra]

220. Yep, it's scary slow like that. nt

[shraby]

221. That happened with mean Jean Schmidt too. The count

stopped because of a power glitch and when it came back up, she was ahead and won.

There are 97 precincts not reporting yet..too many to quit for the night.

[spooky3]

222. very annoying - both the stop and Mean Jean

Good night all - I can't stay up any longer. I'll hope for good news when I wake up.

[Mz Pip]

223. I remember that.

It was seriously :wtf: De ja vu.

[KelleyKramer]

224. They did the same thing with Sieglman in alabama gov election

Bush stole it at about 2am

Riley stole it from Sieglman about 3am

It does happen, its almost like a pattern

[shraby]

225. He has 2 more precincts he can draw from..Jefferson and

Taylor. She has Ashland 6; Crawford 2; Dane 1; Dunn 2; Eau Claire 21; Juneau 1; Milwaukee 12; Sauk 8.