How did Milwaukee-area communities vote in the June 5 recall election between Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Democrat Tom Barrett?
Here's a breakdown of votes you won't find anywhere else — at look at who carried each of the 89 municipalities in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee and Racine counties.
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Walker: 36,505……….Walker: 36,546 Wanggaard: 35,476……….Wanggaard: 35,517 A discrepancy of: -1,029……….-1,029 Barrett: 36,572……….Barrett: 35,839 Lehman: 36,255……….Lehman: 36,351 A discrepancy of: -317……….+512 Total Scattering/Undervotes: 1,218……….1,223 Barrett went from beating Walker by 67 votes on election night to losing to Walker by 707 votes in the canvass??? And the discrepancy between Walker and Wanggaard stayed exactly the same while the discrepancy between Barrett and Lehman went from a negative to a positive??? Something is funny here!
They included those check and balance measures specifically due to their firsthand experience of being the subject of unchecked power (the King of England, and his colonial rules). Perhaps the electorate, after reviewing the behavior, performance, and communication / responsiveness of their elected representative, decided that they preferred a Senate with a D majority - providing a two party legislature as a check and balance to what they’ve seen. But yeah, rather than assume people think for themselves and are capable of differentiating between two separate people, it makes much more sense to assume it was simply controlled by some outside force…
One could also say there was a slight smell of something rotten when Scott Walker came out and said there needed to be a few extra points to determine a decisive victory (paraphrasing). Then his MU friend's last poll mirrored precisely what the final election results were. And then Kathy Nicklaus was suddenly re-involved in Waukesha County. I don't think ACORN had anything to do with that. In the end, what does it matter? We're stuck with an ALEC governor until 2014. At least we have restored some balance to the state legislature, for the time being.