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Wisconsin "WOW" counties report: Republicans turning out higher percentage of new/infrequent voters.
TargetSmart.com ^ | October 15, 2020 | Bort

Posted on 10/15/2020 8:35:21 AM PDT by bort

Some very good news:

In the heavily red "WOW" counties in Wisconsin, roughly 30% of the early voters are either "new" voters or "infrequent" voters, compared to roughly 25% of the voters in Dane County and Milwaukee.

Significance? The WOW counties surround Milwaukee and fueled the surge of Scott Walker and the Wisconsin Republican machine for almost two decades. Trump lost ground in these suburban counties in 2016, but the early numbers appear to show strong Republican-leaning turnout.

By contrast, Dane Co. is the home of the U. of Wisconsin (Madison), a huge, liberal school. Milwaukee obviously has Marquette U. and other schools and is a heavily Democrat area. That Republicans are turning out more "new" and "infrequent" voters than a college town and a Democrat city is highly significant. (continued)


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: infrequentvoters; wisconsin; wow
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To: Larry Lucido; bort
Original poster doesn’t define acronyms, you can insert your own.

I've been known to do that to great hilarity...

21 posted on 10/15/2020 11:36:42 AM PDT by null and void (Surely there must be someone on FR who makes bricks! Contact me if that's you!)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Small point but appropriate comparison would be 10/1/16 vs 10/1/20.

10/01/16: 3,505,062 registered voters

10/01/20: 3,583,804 registered voters

Your overall point remains quite valid - not the increase in voters like in FL, NC, GA, etc.
22 posted on 10/15/2020 11:47:14 AM PDT by Ravi
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To: null and void

:-)


23 posted on 10/15/2020 11:49:59 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Ravi

Do we know if the new voters are R’s or D’s?


24 posted on 10/15/2020 12:14:06 PM PDT by TJC (L)
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To: TJC

Since Wisconsin doesn’t register by Party, we cannot know for certain whether they are “R” or “D.” We can make guesses based on which counties they register in though and also the data analysts like Target Smart.


25 posted on 10/15/2020 12:22:43 PM PDT by Ravi
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To: Ravi

“10/01/16: 3,505,062 registered voters

10/01/20: 3,583,804 registered voters”

I’m optimistic on WI.


26 posted on 10/15/2020 12:56:57 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (Localization, not Globalization)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

I wouldn’t have guessed that there would be fewer registered voters in WI. With absolutely no research I suspect it may be the result of a purge of voter rolls.


27 posted on 10/15/2020 5:13:38 PM PDT by Coop (After 14 years, it's time for a new tagline)
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To: Ravi

By the enormous amounts of Trump signs here in Wisconsin I’m hoping by the grace of God Trump wins big.


28 posted on 10/15/2020 7:07:18 PM PDT by WaterWeWaitinFor (Pray for President Trump, his family, his administration and We The People.)
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