GOOD NEWS: WI Voter Turnout high!
GOOD NEWS: WI Voter Turnout high!
Take a look at our ROCK COUNTY VOTER TURNOUT: 87.26! That’s in context with our WI average over the past 6 elections of 60.93% and the US average of 51.6%. I am watching to find out the ACTUAL voter turnout for WI and for the USA. ROCK COUNTY is a high voting county! Did YOU vote?
The Christian Science Monitor published an information article yesterday, “Voter turnout: the 6 states that rank highest, and why.”
That article lists WI as #3. If you want to go directly to the WI section of the article, use this link, “Wisconsin.” The article notes that WI is the ONLY battleground state on the top voter turnout list.
Ron Seely reported late last night, “Wisconsin sees near-record voter turnout” for the Wisconsin State Journal.
The article asserts, “A hard-fought, down-to-the-wire presidential race and a bitter battle for a U.S. Senate seat brought out near-record numbers of Wisconsin voters Tuesday on a cold, wet election day.” He cites Kevin Kennedy, head of our Government Accountability Board, expecting more than 70% of Wisconsin’s eligible voters cast ballots. NOW we await the FINAL data based on ACTUAL vote yesterday.
I have been studying the results of ELECTION Day 2012 online. Grateful to our Rock County Clerk, Lori Stottler, for the VERY complete data online now, “2012 General Election.”
Complementing the ROCK COUNTY data is the special elections section online by the Gazette. Use this link for that information, “Election 2012: Everything you need to know about voting and the races in Rock County.”
This special online section covers the RESULTS from Rock and Walworth counties. It has links to a long list of “Election Results Stories” as well as Associated Press “Election Stories.” Valuable resource online. THANKS to the Gazette!
Another “Wisconsin Voter” feature by Craig Gilbert adds to the discussion of voter turnout. Yesterday Craig asked the question, “Will election turnout trump election burnout in Wisconsin?”
TODAY we KNOW that WE THE PEOPLE of WI were NOT burned-out by multiple elections through 2012. He cites data from the list of “Highest turnouts in US since 1980” noting that in 2004 WI was #3 with 74.8% and in 2008 WI was #7 with 72.4%. Expectations are that WI will be higher than 2008 this year. The feature shows an interesting chart, “Presidential turnout in Wisconsin compared to US.”
YES, I think there is GOOD NEWS with the results of our 2012 Election Day in terms of the persons elected. The continuance of President Obama’s leadership provide needed continuity for continuing healthy development.
The fact that President Obama carried WI and the election of Tammy Baldwin as our WI US Senator significantly demonstrates that WI is NOT a RED state. We are, truth be told, a real battleground state.
That fact is underscored by the fact that our WI State Senate will now have a Republican majority again. I am concerned about the fact that WE THE PEOPLE of WI did NOT learn that DIVIDED GOVERNMENT is healthier from the situation in WI after the 2010 election.
I hope that Scott Walker has matured so that he will really be open to communication and compromise, but I am NOT optimistic. Yes, I’ve heard his talk-talk, but I do NOT observe that Scott WALKS his talk. Time will tell.
I hope Scott will read today's Gazette editorial, "Compromise must trump ideology." I'm sending it to the Governor. Do YOU agree with the Gazette editorial?
On this morning after our 2012 Election Day, I am reflecting on my FAVORITE QUOTE, “TODAY is the FIRST day of the rest of your life.” I do have the AUDACITY of HOPE!
I share the conviction articulated by President Obama in his speech early this morning, “I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting.” If you want to read the whole speech, use this link, “Text of Barack Obama’s speech after re-election.” The link to Governor Romney’s “Text of Mitt Romney’s concession speech.”)
Remember WISCONSIN’s motto, “FORWARD!”
Here we go…
Mr. E.
John Eyster lives in the Edgerton area. He is an adjunct professor of political science at UW-Waukesha and an advocate for democracy/civics education in Wisconsin high schools. John is a community blogger and is not a part of The Gazette staff. His opinion is not necessarily that of the The Gazette staff or management.
Nov 8, 2012 at 11:01 p.m.
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jw:
My man got 1% of the vote, so no sour grapes here.
I totally and 100% stand behind my comment.
When you see 30% of the population not even knowing what country we gained independence from, or can't name the 3 branches of government, or name one supreme court justice, ext...You have a society of IDIOTS, who should not be voting. My Lenin quote is spot on. The useful idiots will get exactly what they voted for in the end. That being complete economic and social meltdown.
Nov 8, 2012 at 10:14 a.m.
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Nov 8, 2012 at 10:10 a.m.
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To all the comments referring to voters turning out because they are stupid or morons, brings back the 47 percent statement made by the losers of this election: "The 47% of the voters will never take responsibility for their own lives". The losers of this election need to wake up and understand, we don't think your stupid, we pray someday you can reach out and work together to bring our nation together instead of tearing it apart. The 47 % are people like me who worked 2+ jobs to average enough money every day of their lives to give their families a decent life; we are not too proud to scrub floors, clean up our neighborhoods, and be there when our neighbors need help. We are educated, caring Americans from every race and every nationality, and we are compassionate human beings who fortunately for those who call US stupid, to pull ourselves up from the 47 % of what you think are low-life and were " fired up and ready to go", and proved that in the end we were the masterminds that determined the outcome of this election by not listening to the negative super pacs, but researching every path we needed to take to educate ourselves enough to make the choice that will lead to equality, freedom, and take America forward. Look out for 2016, we already hitting the books and studying every candidate who promises change using a hidden agenda, we will focus on true plans, not empty promises.
Nov 8, 2012 at 4:13 a.m.
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I have never got how some morons think high voter turnout is good? Notice how conveniently that it's always good when THEIR person wins! If their person looses, then it was only uninformed uneducated hicks showing up in mass.
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Now here is food for thought. Countless surveys have been conducted that have shown 30% of the American public does not even know what country we gained our independence from. Now when you have this massively high voter turn out, you are with out any question getting votes from some of thee absolute most clueless, uninformed idiots on the face of the planet......Buy hey, as long as they all vote for the guy you want to win, IT'S ALL GOOD BABY! I could care less who won, just don't give this total nonsense of how great high turnout is, because it's NOT. In the days of the Soviet Union they use to get 95+% voter turn out. In the words on Lenin.....
"USEFULLY IDIOTS"!!
Nov 7, 2012 at 11:49 p.m.
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No need to increase taxes. I smell a new revenue stream coming from Colorado and Washington.
Nov 7, 2012 at 10:03 p.m.
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A commentator on one of the stations (not Fox) commented that Obama will now have more flexibility in working with the Republicans since he is in his last term. That he has a chance to leave a legacy if he does so. If not, he will be just another footnote in history. I hope his party as well as the Republican party allow that flexibility. I also hope he uses his new flexibility for helping this country instead of for dealing with Putin like he said he could if Putin would back off on missle defense issues until after the election.
Nov 7, 2012 at 5:54 p.m.
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Claims that he voted twice.
What is the Gazette's policy on anonymity
and confessing to a felony?
Nov 7, 2012 at 4:51 p.m.
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Got yours in, did ya?
Nov 7, 2012 at 3:38 p.m.
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Due to the increasing number of people voting, it can only be assumed that more stupid people voted.
Nov 7, 2012 at 12:52 p.m.
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Shrek, I think most people were aware of the choice they made. Repubs just don't like high voter turnout.
Nov 7, 2012 at 12:03 p.m.
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High voter turnout is NOT a good thing unless those voters are knowledgable of the issues. When they are not, you end up with incumbents winning because of name recognition and you continue with the dysfunctional system that we have now. John, you should be encouraging voters to become informed rather than just encouraging them to vote.
Nov 7, 2012 at 9:28 a.m.
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Forward Wisconsin....mining bill coming!
Nov 7, 2012 at 8:40 a.m.
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Can conservatives survive four more years in the bubble?
Maybe it is time to sprout legs and crawl up on the dry land.
The world and history will not wait for you.
Nov 7, 2012 at 6:45 a.m.
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Well, this column sure came as a surprise. I just can’t wait for the follow-ups. First, where Eyster praises the American voters for keeping the House Republican, so we’ll have that all important divided government. Second, where he lectures Obama on the importance of compromise, and maybe sends him some editorials or just his own thoughts. Mind you, I won’t be holding my breath.
Nov 7, 2012 at 5:52 a.m.
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LOL, Walker needs to mature but Obama has leadership. Another article ruined by profound left wing partisan spin, great job john.
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