Wisconsin: Early Democratic Results

[Ballygrl]

BTW Walker uncontested got 320,314 votes, Barrett and Falk COMBINED got 277,281 cotes:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10842422

Scuba
 
Wisconsin: Early Democratic Results

dejo1957
1. whoa! 10 MILLION of Union Dues down the drain supporting Falk

Jeez, what a blowout.

Indydem
3. And the poison

Falk and co. have spent a lot of time selling the idea that Barrett is no better than Walker because of his strong arming unions into concessions.

Some OL folks may not turn out in June because of the contentious primary.

dejo1957
5. Well, I bet old ED SCHULTZ and JOHN NICHOLS are crapping loose ones right now.

ED and his buddy Nichols are the primary pushers for all this spending on Falk. Nice job blowing all those union dues ed.

[Freeper]

Only 4 weeks until the DUmp implodes when Scott Walker remains in his job. 

[Ballygrl]

I think I'm just as excited about the Wisconsin election as I am the Presidential election LOL.

How do the Unions recover from this? they threw all their money to a candidate that lost and the Dem candidate basically ran away from the Unions.

[dixierose]

I think I'm just as excited about the Wisconsin election as I am the Presidential election LOL.

How do the Unions recover from this? they threw all their money to a candidate that lost and the Dem candidate basically ran away from the Unions.

I went on a job interview with a company that has a union. Joining the union in GA is strictly voluntary. If I get the job (and I'm feeling pretty good about it), I refuse to join the union. I DO NOT want ANY of my money going toward candidates that I oppose.

[Duke Nukum]

I think I'm just as excited about the Wisconsin election as I am the Presidential election LOL.

How do the Unions recover from this? they threw all their money to a candidate that lost and the Dem candidate basically ran away from the Unions.

How indeed? Vicki McKenna was always talking about how Madison was the hill the Unions chose to fight and die on back when all this started in January of 2011.

[Ballygrl]

I thought Walker ran uncontested, I didn't know he had an opponent. The most recent results:

Republicans (2 running) 474,017

Democrats (5 running) 473,376

[shoes off the couch]

Walker FTW

[BEG]

Stay in your hell DUmmies.

[Duke Nukum]

I thought Walker ran uncontested, I didn't know he had an opponent. The most recent results:

Republicans (2 running) 474,017

Democrats (5 running) 473,376

It was actually some sort of occupier/commie who got his name on the ballet. But in general, the news media emphasized it as a Democrat primary.

I voted for Walker today...Again. And I'll happily do it again in a month.

[Ballygrl]

It was actually some sort of occupier/commie who got his name on the ballet. But in general, the news media emphasized it as a Democrat primary.

I voted for Walker today...Again. And I'll happily do it again in a month.

So you think a lot of Republicans might've just stayed home?

[miskie]

It will be interesting to see how DU3 handles elevated DUMPCON ratings. I'm sure Skins is seeing the recall election as a readiness test for November.

[Ballygrl]

AleksS
19. Should we be concerned that

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Should we be concerned that Walker got more votes than all the Dem candidates put together?

Approximately 330K vs. 314K?

(9:30PM numbers. It ought to change by morning.)

I'm not sure. On one hand, that may just about be the top end of Walker's support, as AM radio, et. al. have been whipping their mob into a frenzied pack of beasts. I mean every old angry rethug in Greendale was out voting today. While on the other hand, I know a lot of Dems who skipped the primary since their plan is to vote for whoever wins anyways. Also, there's 9K of Arthur Kohl Riggs support that was probably (D) voting generally, bringing the D total up to around 323K. I hope that explains the difference. Maybe also the fact that Senate primaries were in some pretty red districts? If some blue districts had senate primaries would that shift it? I mean, in my little heart I had hoped that everyone who signed the recall petition would vote in the primaries and we'd see like twice as many D votes as R votes cast. But alas, as I write this edit, the gap is widening in Walkers favor. PUKE. But, back to the other hand, a million people DID sign the petition. If the primary has a low turnout, so be it, they ought to vote in the general, right?

So I don't know whether to be concerned or not. But I think I should be. I mean even in a primary he wasn't really opposed in, Walker was getting more voters to the polls than the Dem candidates altogether. That scares the crap out of me. As my doomed-to-be-unrequited-love Rachel Maddow says: Talk me down!

[shoes off the couch]

It was actually some sort of occupier/commie who got his name on the ballet. But in general, the news media emphasized it as a Democrat primary.

I voted for Walker today...Again. And I'll happily do it again in a month.

Me as well! 

[GOBUCKS]

Only one week left until Socialist Steve Dawes either goes down to a crushing, humiliating defeat, or takes a huge step on his road to the White House.

He has one big presidentiial campaign advantage already.

With a glance, you can see he's never had a $400 haircut, or even a comb.

www.electstevedawes.com

[Duke Nukum]

So you think a lot of Republicans might've just stayed home?

I honestly do not know. I haven't seen any election results, just news stories saying Walker won handily.

Oh, I should emphasize I live in Madison and other than Walker, there were no other Republicans on the ballet around here and that is what I was talking about. Only about 30% of us vote Republican in Madison and I am not sure if that number can be extrapolated.

I'm guessing where state senators were being recalled there was a high turnout. But I don't really know what the numbers are. I should have made it clear I was commenting on local media. It's that whole Madison thing were we think we are the center of the universe. I guess it affects all of us here.

[shoes off the couch]

How do the Unions recover from this? they threw all their money to a candidate that lost and the Dem candidate basically ran away from the Unions.

They've thrown everything into this race. This is ground zero in their minds. We have to prevail otherwise the crooked got unions power will not be challenged again. WI is the battleground that is leading up to this fall. Help if you can. This is big and will have implications this fall.

[Evil_Conservative]

You guys are big f-ing losers.  Wisconsin union members, you get exactly what you deserve. 

[hillneck]

Here are the final results.  Looks like the DUmmies, liberals, and the union thugs are the big losers.  I'm wondering how they will try to spin this?

Democrat Votes
✔ Tom Barrett 390,109 58.20%
Kathleen Falk 228,940 34.16%
Kathleen Vinehout 26,926 4.02%
Doug La Follette 19,461 2.90%
Gladys Huber 4,842 0.72%


Republican Votes
✔ Scott Walker 626,538 96.92%
Arthur Kohl-Riggs 19,920 3.08%

[Gina]

I went on a job interview with a company that has a union. Joining the union in GA is strictly voluntary. If I get the job (and I'm feeling pretty good about it), I refuse to join the union. I DO NOT want ANY of my money going toward candidates that I oppose.

be prepared for them to call you a scab and shake their grubby little fists at you 

[FiddyBeowulf]

It was actually some sort of occupier/commie who got his name on the ballet. But in general, the news media emphasized it as a Democrat primary.

I voted for Walker today...Again. And I'll happily do it again in a month.

I voted for Falk and "fake" dem for Lt. Gov.
I am sure some other people did the same thing or voted for another of the candidates. So Walker's support in state could be even larger.

The unions were the big losers in this. They are the ones that started this recall crap and now the person they threw their money on has lost...big. The person they are stuck with, Barrett, has stated publicly that the ACT 10 reforms Walker pushed for and the reason for the recalls did not go far enough. He wanted the Fire and Police unions to be affected by it as well. The dem running for Lt. Gov is head of a Fire union so it should make the next month interesting watching them dance around that should the press bring up that issue.

[wasp69]

Sucks to be a DUmmie today, huh?

[FiddyBeowulf]

Sucks to be a DUmmie today, huh?

You aint seen nothing yet. June 5th is the day of the recall election. I expect a lot of DUmmies to go into diabetic comas as they eat bag after bag of Cheetos trying to fill that hole the election loss created in their souls.

[wasp69]

You aint seen nothing yet. June 5th is the day of the recall election. I expect a lot of DUmmies to go into diabetic comas as they eat bag after bag of Cheetos trying to fill that hole the election loss created in their souls.

Oh, I think that from June 5th all the way through November is going to be one dark cloud for liberal DUmbasses.

[BlueStateSaint]

Oh, I think that from June 5th all the way through November is going to be one dark cloud for liberal DUmbasses.

Actually, that start date is May 15th.

http://www.electstevedawes.com

[wasp69]

dejo1957
1. whoa! 10 MILLION of Union Dues down the drain supporting Falk

Jeez, what a blowout.

dejo1957
5. Well, I bet old ED SCHULTZ and JOHN NICHOLS are crapping loose ones right now.

ED and his buddy Nichols are the primary pushers for all this spending on Falk. Nice job blowing all those union dues ed.

A funny thing that I noticed:  A sane person invests money in hopes for a good return or one that at least breaks even.  These union assclowns blew 10 million on one candidate out of four, what do you think they were expecting in return?  I know most of us here are sharp enough to make the connection that the unions want more union drones lining the union boss's pockets to keep electing corrupt officials, but I wonder if the above quoted DUmbass knows what he/she/it has just admitted - that it really is not for the "rights" of the workers, it's for more dues money to throw at democrat politicians.