AMAZING NEWS: TURNOUT OVER 50% in some districts!! One at 57%!! Link (and edited)

[Snoutport]

Here is a better source for numbers on the election! Some of the Madison areas are at 50%!!! They were expecting 20-25!!!!

http://www.cityofmadison.com/clerk/documents/April2011Turnout.pdf

[cleanhippie]

1. Me too. When do they start reporting?

[HereSince1628]

8. Polls close at 8 pm

WTMJ4 had on pundits saying they were sure Abele (dem) would beat the Walker clone running to finish Walker's term as Milwaukee Exec.

[madinmaryland]

21. 8 pm local time I assume. Thanks!

[Bound by Honor]

2. 82% to 15% landslide for Kloppenburg

count on that.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Pardon my lack of knowing....Kloppenburg is the "good" guy?

[Shiver]

7. Gal. And yes.

We want her on the State Supreme Court.

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. Will cross my fingers,then , all I can do.

Wishing and hoping.

[Snoutport]

18. ME TOO! I hope it sweeps across the nation!!

[Greybnk48]

26. Please, everyone cross your fingers, toes, paws, wings

for us in Wisconsin that Kloppenberg takes this one for State Supreme Court!

[Snoutport]

25. should we do a poll? or just bet? I'll say 73-26, 1% for mickey mouse

[RBInMaine]

30. 82% ?? Do you mean 12% ?

[Bound by Honor]

3. Psst - Newsmax is not a reliable source and a big no no here in DU

Find another source, please.

Newsmax is considered far-right and on the fringe.

[Snoutport]

12. you got it! i put a new link on the OP with a link to the city's numbers

AND THEY ARE AMAZING!

[RBInMaine]

33. Sounds like the Obama bashers on the ultra left. FRINGE !

[Faygo Kid]

4. Ewwww, NewsMax. But, I will ignore their "take" and hope the numbers mean good news.

A Kloppenberg win would be very good news indeed on another tough day (Ryan).

[Snoutport]

10. i just edited and linked the madison city website....the numbers are amazing!

[LynneSin]

6. High voter turnouts always favor democrats

Unfortunately we Dems do not have a reliable voting record. I hope for the best for our friends in Wisconsin

[MadMaddie]

60. I think that we have to broaden our view

There are many Republicans and Independents that hate SnotWalker and his ilk. The Democratic supporters will dwarf their 2010 turnout.

In Wisconsin I think we will see something of a trendsetting.....

[Liberal Veteran]

9. Gosh, after weeks of angry protests, who could have predicted high voter turnout?

God and/or Skinner, we really need a facepalm smiley.

[Snoutport]

13. they were expecting 20-25% and it is over 50% in one of the precincts!

[Liberal Veteran]

19. I was being facetious.

20 to 25 percent seems like an incredibly low expectation after the shitstorm Walker stirred up.

[Snoutport]

39. that was the statewide average...and they considered that HUGE for

a spring election. All the numbers I'm seeing are much bigger. But, it is scary thinking that the right might be out just as strongly.

I did TOTALLY get you were being funny!

[Snoutport]

40. UPDATE: several poling places have had to order more ballots

[ohheckyeah]

42. .......

[Peacetrain]

14. YES... that is higher than a Presidental election year.. woweee

[eowyn_of_rohan]

15. 57% in my parents district!

Solid BLUE

[Snoutport]

17. WOW!! You have a link??

[eowyn_of_rohan]

20. YES!

http://www.cityofmadison.com/clerk/documents/April2011Turnout.pdf

page 4 district 69

MIDVALE!!! THe best damn citizens in Madtown and they got treated like s#&% by the current mayor - hope they all voted SOGLIN!

[Snoutport]

22. LOL...I didn't realize there were more pages on the link. 57%!!!

Tell your parents we love them!!!

[eowyn_of_rohan]

31. I just called and told them the very thing!

well not that you all love them too - but I WILL!

BTW-I didnt see all the other pages this morning either! lol

[Snoutport]

28. do you know the really red districts? how are they doing?

[eowyn_of_rohan]

34. hmmm - red districts in Madison - i dont think there are any!

haha - I'll check some areas I can think of that might be at least purple

[Snoutport]

44. :0) I meant in other areas of the state. I can't imagine the right wing is home sitting on their

hands. I'm just hoping the Independents have voted!

[eowyn_of_rohan]

53. oh -oops

:blush: Well I know there is a nest of white supremacists up north of Minocqua- lots of red up there! Also, SORRY TO SAY, the area northwest of Milwaukee- FOnd du Lac, Washington counties ... I can't find anything specific about the areas though!

[coalition_unwilling]

64. Williamson St used to be a 'red district' (as in Soviet red) back in

the day :)

As for Repuke red, the only place I'd expect it would maybe be Middleton or the Greek row on the UW campus. But I've been away for 15-20 years.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

69. Well now it is all that is "left" of the hippie district!

(as in remaining --though they are still left-left, too ;) They also have the best festivals in town. Cheers!

[spooky3]

16. On Wisconsin!

[Irritable Liberal]

23. If we lose this one

we're in big trouble. With everything that has gone down there and with all of Walker and Prosser's missteps and with public union anger if we still lose this election it doesn't auger well for the future.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

36. It is a VERY INTENSE Day

scary as hell but HOPEFUL (because you are right)

[Ellipsis]

24. Wausau headline: Voter turnout shatters predictions in some areas

Voter turnout at several polling places around the region already has surged past the predicted 20 percent, especially in the city of Wausau.

At Wausau West High School, polling place for residents in Districts 7 and 8, 852 of about 3,400 voters had cast their ballots by 4:25 p.m.

Turnout has also been strong so far at The Rose Garden in Wausau, where more than 600 voters in Districts 10 and 11 had cast their ballots by 4:45 p.m., out of 2,560 registered. That includes nearly 40 voters who registered today.


http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20110405/WDH0101/110405079/1732/Americans-Japan-ponder-whether-stay/Updated-Voter-turnout-shatters-predictions-some-areas?odyssey=nav|head

[Arugula Latte]

27. Is Wausau a blue area?

[Ellipsis]

29. more so... yes. This is very good news.

It would be more center right democratic... so again, this is huge!

[eowyn_of_rohan]

35. YAHOO!!

:toast: :bounce:

[Snoutport]

32. UPDATE: equivalent of a regular presidential election

“We’re expecting the equivalent of a regular presidential election,” Horvath said in regards to the Madison polling place. “Seventy-five to eighty percent is what we are guessing.”

http://bluecheddar.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/live-blogging-the-wisconsin-supreme-court-vote-in-wisconsin-kloppenburg-has-a-fighting-chance/

[blaze]

37. This is exciting!!

Kloppenburg winning could be a huge turning point, I think.

Big cheers from Colorado!!!!

[Snoutport]

41. I think so too! THey are gathering RECALL signatures at voting places

i will bet ALL the recalls will have enough signatures by the end of the day!!

[blaze]

45. I get so discouraged sometimes

The MSM doesn't report a damn thing and I think that we are all doomed to corporate control....

But then WI comes along and reminds me that maybe, just maybe, we can hold on.

If Kloppenburg wins, my hopes are much higher the the small "d" democratic process still has a sliver of life in it.

Thanks for your updates!

edit to add: Don't they have enough signatures for recall on a couple of Senators already?

[eowyn_of_rohan]

52. Recalls are on for Hopper and Kapanke

...maybe Alberta Darling too by now. Bad thing though - the thugs say they have enough signatures to recall Sen. Robert Wirch (one of the Fabulous 14 Dem Senators who left Wisconsin --I hope they are wrong)

[MadMaddie]

62. Republicans have have to prove it

They can talk all the trash they want but they still have to prove it.

[Ellipsis]

38. Milwaukee: Voter Turnout May Exceed Expectations

MILWAUKEE COUNTY - As voters took time to cast their ballot Tuesday, there seemed to be more casting than usual.“I think a lot of people who wouldn’t be voting in a spring election will be voting today,” said voter Chaz Tiede. Tiede voted for the first time in what is usually an unpopular spring election. “I feel like it’s an important election and there are a lot of issues that will be decided today,” said Tiede.

And that’s exactly why Sue Edmond, Milwaukee’s Election Commission director believes the city’s turnout rate will be about 25-percent, which is about 80,000 people voting.

That will shatter numbers for last spring’s election, when only about 19,000 voted in Milwaukee.

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/119288064.html

[QED]

47. This is great news!

The tide is turning...

[ChiciB1]

43. All I Can Say Is PLEASE... Let It Be So,,, Just Please, Please, Please

make your voices heard! We need to hear GOOD news down here in Florida... we got us a real THUG for Governor and he's working very hard to smack "we the people" down and AWAY!

GOOD LUCK WISCONSIN!

[Ellipsis]

46. .

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2011/by_county/WI_Supreme_Court_0405.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS





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[Ellipsis]

48. YES!!! Nail in the coffin time Oshkosh: Extra ballots on hand as higher than expected turnout

A higher than expected turnout has left some polling locations in the county running low on ballots, but measures are in place to make sure voters are able to cast their ballot.

Officials have picked up the overrun ballots from the printers and delivered them to locations that were running low, said Winnebago County Clerk Sue Ertmer. Voters will also be encouraged to used the touch screen voting machines.

Ertmer said the county was expecting voter turnout to be around 25 percent, but she said she believes it has been higher today.

http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20110405/OSH0101/110405074/0/OSH010301/Extra-ballots-hand-higher-than-expected-turnout-?odyssey=nav|head

[Ellipsis]

50. Superior Wisconsin, Washburn County expect up to 50% turnout perhaps more

Governor Scott Walker’s budget- repair bill is stirring projections of above-average voter turnout across northern Wisconsin for today’s elections.

Superior City Clerk Terri Kalan expects voter turnout to be between 50 percent and 55 percent, much busier than typical spring elections.

“Average turnout is under 30 percent. The mayoral race, of course, is bringing people out. The justice of the Supreme Court is really helping to push that percentage up, and then we have a couple City Council races, also.”


http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/195646/

[Snoutport]

49. UPDATE: Township of Greenfield has run out of ballots.... LOTS o' VOTERS

the clerks office there announced they are out of ballots.

[Snoutport]

51. Milton in Rock County has used the last of its ballots, now on paper ballots

[eowyn_of_rohan]

54. POLLS JUST CLOSED

Nailbiting time

[Liberal_in_LA]

55. give us some (good) news

[Scuba]

56. I spoke with an election official before I left tonight...

...after collecting recall signatures outside all day. She told me the turnout was "presidential" in our little hamlet.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

57. That is fabulous

I see you are in Eden - Pretty red usually? (no offense! ;)

[Scuba]

58. Very red. I was cursed today and told to get a job. n/t

[eowyn_of_rohan]

61. LOL

Screw 'em. Red is not funny though. My paternal grandmother was born in Campbellsport - her family's "bicentennial farm" is still there.

All my 2nd cousins in that branch are RW'ers and born again to boot. We used to party hearty together in the 70s - not anymore! So sad.

[sendero]

59. This is AWESOME..

.. and more proof that what we need to do is "give them the rope"!

[Hannah Bell]

63. good.

[spooky3]

65. For those with cable, Ed Schultz is updating the results - currently it's

51% for the R, 49% for Kloppenberg

[spooky3]

66. for those without cable, here is a link to updated results online

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/scoreboard.php?ref=fpblg

[Tx4obama]

67. Here's a link to the AP detailed results per county and also results discussion on link below

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=820845&mesg_id=820845

[spooky3]

68. excellent -thx