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Poiuyt

(18,112 posts)
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 11:05 AM Sep 2022

In Wisconsin, Ron Johnson has taken a narrow lead over Mandela Barnes

In the Senate race, Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson was at 49% among likely voters, compared with his challenger, Democratic Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who was at 48%.

Johnson made up a lot of ground after the August primary, as independent voters shifted from a strong Barnes advantage in August to a narrow lead for Johnson in the September survey.

In the run for governor, Evers held a narrow advantage over Republican businessman Tim Michels.

Evers was at 47% among likely voters while Michels was at 44%. Independent Joan Beglinger, who has dropped out of the race, was at 5%.

https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2022/09/14/evers-leads-michels-johnson-and-barnes-toss-up-race-marquette-poll-wisconsin-governor-senate/10371432002/

If you'd like to donate to help the cause, here are the links:

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mandela-website-homepage?refcode=web-donate-button

https://tonyevers.com/

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In Wisconsin, Ron Johnson has taken a narrow lead over Mandela Barnes (Original Post) Poiuyt Sep 2022 OP
Bringing out the nasty ads against Barnes. milestogo Sep 2022 #1
Johnson leaning into the racism.... TheRealNorth Sep 2022 #2
Works a lot, that IS WHY HE's gaining ground, the ads are horrible. 🤬 🤬 🤬 a kennedy Sep 2022 #24
Just donated ✔️ live love laugh Sep 2022 #3
me too DBoon Sep 2022 #6
Same Sky Jewels Sep 2022 #13
Ditto. Wishful-Thinking Sep 2022 #16
Thank you! Poiuyt Sep 2022 #27
I just don't understand why people vote against their own interests Ray Bruns Sep 2022 #4
People do vote for their own interests. You just have to know what those interests are. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2022 #10
DNC not doing much. Same as 2016. Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #5
Senator Shumer did give 1.5 million to the Barnes campaign. a kennedy Sep 2022 #25
the campaign needs the All Stars to show up Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #26
This guy is a train wreck. What in hell do they see in Johnson? Emile Sep 2022 #7
Themselves. n/t Marcus IM Sep 2022 #9
That has to be the answer! Emile Sep 2022 #19
Mind boggling. Johnson - seriously cheeseheads??? NoMoreRepugs Sep 2022 #8
Unfortunately, like many states, WI has a lot of chud areas... keep_left Sep 2022 #18
I live in N Florida - the panhandle is 'flat Appalachia' for the most part. NoMoreRepugs Sep 2022 #21
There is a well-known saying attributed to James Carville... keep_left Sep 2022 #23
Only if you believe that blacks and 18-29 year olds are voting R by a 30 pt margin ColinC Sep 2022 #11
A nice retort! GreenWave Sep 2022 #20
This is a really important one. I'll donate. Scrivener7 Sep 2022 #12
I don't believe in polls, gab13by13 Sep 2022 #14
A statistician once said Zambero Sep 2022 #15
That's enough for us to still win EnergizedLib Sep 2022 #17
Russia's johnson shouldn't be stuck in Wisconsin; send it back to Putin. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #22
Ron Johnson, the 2-Second Traitor Kid Berwyn Sep 2022 #28
but what is a "likely voter" pstokely Sep 2022 #29

keep_left

(1,779 posts)
18. Unfortunately, like many states, WI has a lot of chud areas...
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 01:27 PM
Sep 2022

...western WI in particular. You can drive through and see miles of farm fields with crappy hand-painted signs festooned with thought-terminating clichés that date to the Bircher era. A lot of the upper Midwest is like that. Even ultra-blue states like MN have some real chud country. Michelle Bachmann had an unbelievably gerrymandered district that had this dog-leg appendage which looked like it skipped from side to side of a street, house by house. And an unfortunate number of these people vote.

keep_left

(1,779 posts)
23. There is a well-known saying attributed to James Carville...
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 06:40 PM
Sep 2022

...between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, you've got Alabama. A lot of states are like that.

ColinC

(8,277 posts)
11. Only if you believe that blacks and 18-29 year olds are voting R by a 30 pt margin
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 11:37 AM
Sep 2022

The crosstabs for that poll completely deligitimizes it.

Zambero

(8,962 posts)
15. A statistician once said
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 12:39 PM
Sep 2022

If he had never been contacted for a specific public opinion poll, the results of said poll would likely be valid. The population sample size and demographic representation are important. The manner of questioning as well, as "push polls" and those with objective questions can yield vastly different results.

EnergizedLib

(1,889 posts)
17. That's enough for us to still win
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 01:17 PM
Sep 2022

There’s plenty of time, and I’m assuming polling is still in the margin of error.

Kid Berwyn

(14,795 posts)
28. Ron Johnson, the 2-Second Traitor
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 09:50 PM
Sep 2022

Extremist Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) snapped at a local reporter that he was only involved in Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 plot to overturn the presidential election with fake electors for a “couple of seconds.”

https://news.yahoo.com/testy-sen-ron-johnson-claims-122744718.html

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