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New Political Ad Attacks "Intemperate" Judge Prosser

pbrauer said:
I heard the vote turnout in Madison is at presidential levels. :cool:
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Thats not too surprising. I'm not sure that the likely Prosser loss will mean too much in terms of how WI feels though. Unions and democrats are much more engaged due to actually having something to lose. Republicans and independents not so much. I have no doubt people outside of unions (who just view this as another SC election which typically has turnout of 20% or so) aren't voting. Union members have (probably) sucessfully convinced their members that this is the most important election ever.
 
buck said:
Thats not too surprising. I'm not sure that the likely Prosser loss will mean too much in terms of how WI feels though. Unions and democrats are much more engaged due to actually having something to lose. Republicans and independents not so much. I have no doubt people outside of unions (who just view this as another SC election which typically has turnout of 20% or so) aren't voting. Union members have (probably) sucessfully convinced their members that this is the most important election ever.
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already downplaying the defeat i see?
 
haymarket said:
already downplaying the defeat i see?
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Unions/dems are highly energized and are looking at this as a proxy vote on Walker. Independents and republicans aren't nearly as engaged.

The last polling in the race that I saw, anyway, showed a 50/50 split with Prosser slightly ahead. However, I wouldn't be surprised to see a much bigger margin for kloppenberg simply due to the fact that democrats are much more engaged then ind and republicans.

Only those that truly pay attention to politics or those that were told how important it is by the unions will vote. This will obviously result in much higher dem/union turnout.

Not to mention that the other big races in the state are all in democrat strongholds (madison and Milwaukee) which will further drive turnout in those areas.

I would go so far as to state that with odds so firmly against it, if Prosser actually pulsl it out, unions and dems are done in WI for years to come.

So, which part of what I typed was wrong?
 
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I walked by the polling station near my place in Milwaukee about an hour ago. No line and no more cars than were there this morning at 10 am. My friends on Facebook are reporting the same at other Milwaukee polling stations. A friend in Dane County (Madison et al.) said he stood in a line for an hour before voting. Madison is impressive, Milwaukee is disappointing. That strikes me as odd being there is a Milwaukee County Executive election today also.

Polls close in about 20 minutes (8 pm), the numbers will start coming in.
 
Alex said:
I walked by the polling station near my place in Milwaukee about an hour ago. No line and no more cars than were there this morning at 10 am. My friends on Facebook are reporting the same at other Milwaukee polling stations. A friend in Dane County (Madison et al.) said he stood in a line for an hour before voting. Madison is impressive, Milwaukee is disappointing. That strikes me as odd being there is a Milwaukee County Executive election today also.

Polls close in about 20 minutes (8 pm), the numbers will start coming in.
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I can't say where you are, but i've been hearing that many polling stations in Dane County were running out of ballots.
 
I have not heard anything about Dane County, but Delafield has run out of ballots. It should not be a problem as they have electronic voting machine also.

"The city encountered a similar situation earlier this year, when it ran short of ballots during the primary election. The remaining voters in that election cast their ballots on electronic machines, a solution that will also be used tonight."

City of Delafield runs out of ballots - Lake Country Reporter
 
Alex said:
I have not heard anything about Dane County, but Delafield has run out of ballots. It should not be a problem as they have electronic voting machine also.

"The city encountered a similar situation earlier this year, when it ran short of ballots during the primary election. The remaining voters in that election cast their ballots on electronic machines, a solution that will also be used tonight."

City of Delafield runs out of ballots - Lake Country Reporter
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It's entirely possible I heard the wrong area, or maybe just assumed Dane..
 
Whovian said:
WMTV - NBC15 - Elections

Wi.Supreme Court
35% of Precincts Reporting

David Prosser
272,085
50%

Joanne Kloppenburg
270,348
50%


Really tight. No where NEAR the huge referendum the liberals were hoping/praying for though.
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Not many areas of Dane and Milwaukee counties have reported yet (high leve of libs), so i'm not so sure... Guess we'll see.

By county results:

News from The Associated Press
 
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44% of Precincts Reporting

David Prosser
365,503
51%

Joanne Kloppenburg
344,449
49%

Still pretty close, but Prosser seems to be pulling ahead.
 
back to neck and neck...lol

51% of Precincts Reporting
(I)
David Prosser
407,073
50%

Joanne Kloppenburg
405,963
50%
 
66 % of precincts:

Joanne Kloppenburg 515,891 50%
David Prosser (I) 514,475 50%

Still too early to call, but Prosser has to be worried about the swing.
 
it's been swinging back and forth a bit. I have a local Wi source on refresh, they've only got 63% reporting so far.
 
I am using the one Alex linked to: Spring 2011 General Election Results | Wisconsin | onPolitix

That was the first point I had seen her ahead, and it's already narrowed since then, with her under 1k votes up and 69 % in.

Edit: over 1 million votes, and less than 1k vote difference. Over/under on recounts?
 
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Redress said:
66 % of precincts:

Joanne Kloppenburg 515,891 50%
David Prosser (I) 514,475 50%

Still too early to call, but Prosser has to be worried about the swing.
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WMTV - NBC15 - Elections


67% of Precincts Reporting

David Prosser
526,708
50%

Joanne Kloppenburg
525,723
50%

I think they should both be worried about the swing
 
Total 2667/3630
Prosser: 559,445
Klop: 566,357

Still quite a bit to go in Dane and milwaukee.


Edit to add:

Waukesha still has a lot to go too. Thats strong republican area.
 
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