Wisconsin Megathread v3: GOP in MASSIVE DISARRAY

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Fantastic to see the great people of Wisconsin rise up against their oppressors.

Indeed. The Wisconsin Republicans getting real blowback from voters is nothing but good.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Thanks Bernard!

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So how long until the WI GOP tries to nullify the results are of an election they were unwilling to let Evers postpone because they don’t like the results?

If Karofsky wins, it would start tomorrow.

Probably. Fortunately, annulling elections and ordering redos doesn't have the best track record for the annullers. The most recent high profile example was Istanbul's mayor. That election was held in a worse democracy than Wisconsin, where it has been proven that the govt releases opposition areas early to know just how many votes need to be stuffed in their strongholds. The opposition won Istanbul's first poll by a handful of votes, Erdogan ordered a redo, and then the opposition subsequently won by so much that the AKP bosses had to end up respecting the real outcome.

Reminder for what may happen if the GOP tries to do the obvious thing.

What avenues do they have to force a new election? And what avenues do Ds have to resist a GOP push for a new election?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

thank you badger state cheeseheads! GREAT HONER!
God Bless the people of Wisconsin!

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https://twitter.com/RachelBitecofer/status/1249857416885342210

Why are the Ds losing the county that has Stevens Point in it?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Is there a region name for the area with Outagamie, Winnebago, and Brown counties? Karofsky is doing very well there.

Fox Valley

I thought the Fox Valley was the region in the southern part of the state that included most of WOW.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

This isn't an error: Door is all in and Karofsky won it by 17 points.

Jesus Christ.
N U T

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

If Karofsky is at 76% in Dane... her Madison proper performance probably like 85% right?

Yeah. She should pull around 82% in Dane by the end of it.

Welcome to the People's Republic of Madison.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Racine-Kenosha split was 17.5 points today, which is quite interesting.

Kenosha's kinda stayed where she's been for a while politically, meanwhile Racine has been gradually sliding rightwards as WOW starts birthing exurbs in the west of the county.

Could Chicagoland begin influencing Kenosha in the future and generate a D trend there? It does border Lake County IL.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I third

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Zeigler, Bradley, and Kelly are (/were) the three ardent conservatives on the court,  with Hagedorn being kind of an opportunist centrist and conservative otherwise, and Roggensack probably being the closest thing the court has to a swing vote (but still right of center)

It's really good that Kelly is gone and now Bradley and Zeigler are on their own.   A 4-3 split is actually a huge improvement over the previous 5-2.

So Hagedorn was sort of an Anthony Kennedy and Kelly was more of an Antonin Scalia?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Supreme Court 2019 --> 2020 Swing/Trend
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why did Bayfield County swing R?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

A bill has been introduced to implement ranked choice voting for federal congressional elections in WI.  It has bipartisan support, though it’s mostly republicans that are opposed.  It would create a top-5 jungle primary.

https://apnews.com/article/legislature-voting-bills-wisconsin-state-legislature-41bd936ff1774d33c6a9e88a90ed8e07

endorsed

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Nice to see his approvals are in better shape than expected.

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It's essentially a three way race in Robin Vos' district.

https://twitter.com/mattsmith_news/status/1589625629569581056?s=20&t=s6Vo9Fg...

What did Robin Vos do to make Trump hate him so much?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Has there even been a lock-out for an ideological faction in a WI supreme court election in recent history?

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I think I'll be saying Purotashiewish. That's what instinct tells me that would be said.

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Why is Protasiewicz spending money in Minneapolis/st Paul along with Duluth?

Media markets cross states lines, I assume.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

https://twitter.com/MadisonWIClerk/status/1638723271821602816?cxt=HHwWgMC94cSI9b...
Another day, and 1,300 Madison voters turned out. Again, this number does NOT include ballots that have been received via mail. According to the clerk’s office, 26,000 Madisonians have requested absentees, which is 13.4% of all eligible voters.

Crucial Waukesha Dane County!

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

https://twitter.com/alexandershur/status/1643381126625411076

Wow that is absolutely insane numbers. Im cautiously optimistic.

Crucial Dane County!

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

DOOR COUNTY BEACH HOUSE OWNERS FOR PROTASIEWICZ!

Leeetttsss gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Woah.

https://twitter.com/umichvoter/status/1643420556543557633?s=20

Don't you mean...WOW!!!

I unrecommended this post just so that I could recommend it twice.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Doge County is 71% in and 63-37 for Kelly. If that holds, it'd be a ~5% swing left from 2020 Pres.

It's the crucial Venetian vote.

So true!

#ItaliansforGiannaProtasiewicz

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I've seen enough. I'm calling it for Gianna Protasiewicz.

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Come on WI voters , don’t allow Scott Walker’s legacy to be completely trashed .

I think Gianna is the Italian form of Janet.
Using that for meme reasons.