4 Precinits to go: . Kloppenburg: 739,532 Prosser : 739,269

[sinkingfeeling]

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

[shraby]

1. Another came in K=739,557 : P=739-317 this leaves

2 Milwaukee and 1 Jefferson precincts.

[shraby]

5. No new precincts came in but she is 6 fewer votes ahead

K= 739,574
P= 739,350

[sharp_stick]

2. I don't think I've ever seen a vote this close before

Of course there will be a recount but something like this should be shown to everyone that figures their vote doesn't count or doesn't matter.

[ReturnoftheDjedi]

6. Florida in 2000 supposedly came down to ~500 votes.

[Lochloosa]

27. Florida in 2000 never had a full recount. Gore would have won if it had.

There were over 26,000 votes thrown out in Duval County (Jacksonville) that were not verified. Most were from low income areas of town.

[ReturnoftheDjedi]

3. now only 3

1 Jefferson
2 Milwaukee

I think Kloppenburg has it.

[Kber]

4. 3 left

one in Jefferson (Prosser leaning) and 2 in Milwalkie.

[Bjorn Against]

28. My understanding is that the Jefferson County precinct is in a Democratic area

While most of Jefferson County is red, the particular town this precinct is in is the most blue part of the county. I have heard conflicting info on the Milwaukee county precincts, some are saying it is a very blue collar part of the suburbs and others are saying it is a very red part of the suburbs. I guess we will see.

[Lovette]

7. Yessss!

Hang in there Kloppenburg!!! :bounce: :bounce:

[jillan]

8. Recount :(

[sharp_stick]

11. Against who

I don't think you can have a runoff unless there are more than two candidates and nobody gets more than 50%. Not even sure if that's what happens in WI.

In some places, especially with really small populations, and exact tie will be decided by high card or a coin flip. With this many votes it will probably be decided by recounts and the courts.

[jillan]

14. I meant to say recount - lol..... that's what happens when you are middle aged and stayed up way too

late last nite watching the returns online, knowing you had to get up early :P

[sharp_stick]

19. I should have recognized it at a typo sorry

Sick kids keeping us up late is my excuse.

[Webster Green]

9. Jeezus.

Biting my nails in CA. :dem:

[gateley]

13. Pulling out my hair here in Seattle. nt

[BlueDemKev]

15. Me too!

Biting mine in Georgia!

[L. Coyote]

10. LATEST Details here: I'm declaring the winner in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

I'm declaring the winner in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Tue Apr-05-11 07:35 PM PST
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x821883

[pintobean]

21. You forgot to post this in the Hooters thread

[sharp_stick]

26. There's a Hooters Thread?

why the hell was I not informed? Skinner has to add keyword searching and email alerts to this site ASAP. ;-)

[pintobean]

29. lol. There's a Skinner thread, too.

[Lochloosa]

30. Actually there is a keyword search.....you just have to have the "star".

[Thunderstruck]

12. I cannot believe how tight this race is. I can't believe that half the voting

population favors the program being worked by the right wingers, even after all the revelations about Walker and the Kochs and having their rights assaulted. How fucking stupid can these people be?

I'm Thunderstruck by the whole goddamned thing.

[gateley]

16. That's what I find most surprising. I 'assumed' that after the shit Walker pulled

and the HUGE backlash, it would be a reverse of the mid-terms. Everybody out!

The good thing is that the fine people of Wisconsin got off their butts to go vote, and didn't make the same assumption I did.

[BlueDemKev]

18. They did, but....

....conservatives got off their butts and voted too! This election is more proof of how polarized our country is. And it's only going to get worse.

[mvd]

20. Stupid Repukes are voting in big numbers. They feel..

threatened. But so do we, so it's a good sign if we win this. It means our voters are energized again.

[Thunderstruck]

25. But they're voting against their own best interests. This is what I just cannot fathom.

How do you just go out a vote for someone who will advance an agenda that wipes out your own rights?

My brain is smoking here from the gears grinding.

[mvd]

31. It's just baffling. Probably multiple factors - ignorance,

the right wing media, racism, being misinformed, etc.

[mvd]

34. Oh and RW money

That creates misinformation/propaganda.

[RedCloud]

33. repugs get and vote now for everything.

They never shut up about their stupid ideas. It's always politics to them 24-7. Even the churches whip up the fear of Satan to get out the repug vote.

[yellowcanine]

41. This was for a judge and the Republican was the incumbent. Incumbent judges almost always win by

large margins. So to have it this close and the possibility that the incumbent could actually lose is the real surprise.

[BlueDemKev]

17. 3 precincts left, we're up by 224 votes

The remaining precincts are two (2) from Milwaukee and one (1) from Jefferson (which is solidly conservative).

Assuming all the absentee ballots are reflected in the vote totals and Milwaukee's final precincts were active and reflect the trend of the rest of Milwaukee County, Kloppenburg should win.

[in_cog_ni_to]

22. So, we don't know yet if all absantee ballots are included in the totals? If any? n/t

[Lochloosa]

32. They have already been counted. They are in the totals.

See this thread for an explanaton.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x825167

[in_cog_ni_to]

35. Thank you. n/t

[uppityperson]

23. Yes, YOUR vote does count. This is something to watch

[Lorien]

24. I smell a rat

again.

[eleny]

36. I didn't want to say it and have been worrying about one particular king rat

But then again Rove's tactics are usually for his people to win by just enough to avoid a recount. And this doesn't appear to be happening. The very large turnout is the key to foiling Rovian measures.

[Johnny2X2X]

37. No Automatic recount

Not in Wisconsin, the parties will have 3 days to show that there were serious counting errors in order to get a recount.

[BlueDemKev]

38. It's all come down to a lone precinct in Jefferson County

All precincts are in except for 1 of Jefferson's 41 precints. We're ahead by 234 votes. Unfortunately, Prosser's lead in Jefferson so far is about 12,000 to 9,000. Unless this final precinct butts against the rest of the county, we're going to lose by a small margin.

[yellowcanine]

39. Kloppenburg could still win if the precinct only has a few hundred votes.

The split isn't that dramatic so it could take a good chunk of votes to overcome a 234 vote lead. And there is a chance this precinct is more Dem than the rest of the county. Of course there is chance it is less Dem also.

[BlueDemKev]

40. It has between 700 and 760....

...according to AFSCME.

http://wseusepac.blogspot.com/2011/04/1-precinct-not-counted-is-lake-mills-wi.html#comment-form

[MadBadger]

42. Based on the 58% margin hes getting out of there, it wouldnt be enough

Hed fall just short

[yellowcanine]

43. Right, if there are 760 votes, it would be Rep, 739,795; Dem, 739, 908

113 votes - incredibly close and subject to change if there were even small errors along the way in the tally or if that precinct happens to be a bit more Rep. Wow, this is nerve wracking.

[BlueDemKev]

44. The Milwaukee Journal....

...is reporting that there are only about 250 votes that were cast there. That would be great, but I think the union information which says it's more like 750 is accurate. If there were only 250 votes left to be counted, Kloppenburg would be claiming victory right now.

[yellowcanine]

46. Hmm. Are we sure that 750 isn't eligible voters? If so, 250 could be about right.

I doubt that Kloppenburg will claim victory even when all of the votes are in with it being this close. Better to wait until the results are certified at this point.

[BlueDemKev]

47. I don't know, but the Lake Mills Local Newspaper....

...is saying it's b/w 700 and 760. Now, assuming 760 votes were cast, Kloppenburg would need to get at least 264 of them to win.

739,589 + 264 = 739,853
739,355 + 496 = 739,851

[BlueDemKev]

45. Lake Mills' Local Paper says 700-760 votes left uncounted

Here's the link:

http://www.lakemillsleaderonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=22&ArticleID=4937

[yellowcanine]

48. This source says 220 votes and Dem state rep for area says Prosser only picked up 2 votes so far.

State Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, a Democrat who represents the Lake Mills area, said Prosser picked up only 2 votes in Lake Mills, pending the count of 24 handwritten ballots.

The results of a single township in Jefferson County should be known by about 1 p.m. Wednesday after local officials finish examining votes from Tuesday's election.

About 220 votes were cast in Town of Lake Mills - seemingly not enough for Prosser to make up the votes he would need to defeat Kloppenburg.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/119308059.html

[yellowcanine]

49. Wait - New numbers - (Prosser) 739,043 (Kloppenburg) 739,379; 1 precinct still out.

AP must have added in a return twice. Crap. Hope there aren't any more mistakes like that, though Kloppenburg's margin increases if this is correct.

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

[BlueDemKev]

50. That increases our lead by about 100

AP still is not showing that Lake Mills has reported in yet. Why are some DU members celebrating already?

[yellowcanine]

53. Numbers changed again: Prosser 739,505 Kloppenburg 739,711; still showing 1 out.

Hard to know what is going on.

[BlueDemKev]

54. I know

Maybe we should just leave and forget about this until the 6:30 news. This is too damn nerve-racking. Even after Lake Mills precinct reports in, all these numbers will have to be verified. As a former math teacher who uses excel spreadhsheets a lot, mistakes do happen.

[yellowcanine]

55. Also these are AP numbers. None of this is official.

[BlueDemKev]

51. Revised AP Totals: 739,711 (K) to 739,505 (P) w/ 1 precinct still out.

739,505
50% 739,711

[BlueDemKev]

52. Lead down to 206

[yellowcanine]

56. TPM says all precincts reported, Kloppenburg ahead by 204. But AP site doesn't show that.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/the-latest-kloppenburg-ahead-with-all-precincts-reported.php


AP site says (P)739,508 to (K)739,714 and that 1 precinct still out. Maybe they just didn't change the precinct numbers?

[BlueDemKev]

57. Lake Mills' Local Paper Says Counting is COMPLETE

http://www.lakemillsleaderonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=176&ArticleID=4958

Prosser won the precinct by a 378-376 margin (razor close, just like the rest of the state!). So, assuming all the vote-counting is correct, Wisconsin has a new Supreme Court Justice!

[yellowcanine]

58. AP site must be out of step/wrong. Hopefully this lead holds up in recount.

There has also been talk of uncounted absentee ballots in Madison and uncounted military ballots. So who knows?

[yellowcanine]

59. AP now has it (P) 739,886 - (K) 740, 090 with the 1 still out.

They are not earning any points here. Numbers shouldn't still be changing this much.

[BlueDemKev]

60. Nope--ALL VOTES ARE IN

AP reports that all precincts have now reported.

[yellowcanine]

61. Ok now they show all precincts in with same numbers. Good for now.

Better to be ahead than behind but a 200 vote lead could disappear quickly in a recount. Argh. Too bad more Dems didn't turn out in Milwaukee. She could have won by 10 - 20 thousand votes easily.