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“The “WOW” counties? I’m calling BS on your made up acronym.”

You’ve never heard of Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington Counties referred to as the WOW counties? You must not follow Wisconsin politics then. The three suburban counties gave Scott Walker 70%+ in his three gubernatorial elections (including the recall) between 2010 and 2014 and often were referred to by the shorthand WOW. I think that the acronym also is used in the Milwaukee metro area to refer to those collar counties in nonpolitical contexts and predates its political use, but I’m not from Wisconsin so I’m not sure about that.

OK, I just Googled the three county names and WOW. Pages upon pages of hits, mostly nonpolitical (my hunch about the acronym’s nonpolitical origin was correct) but also quite a few in which their importance to WI Republicans running statewide is noted. Here’s a sampling:

http://www.rightwisconsin.com/opinion/daily-takes/huge-absentee-ballot-returns-in-wow-counties

http://www.cbs58.com/story/33264062/trump-to-campaign-in-waukesha-focus-on-wow-county-republicans

http://www.theocr4oz.com/home/wow

https://www.google.com/amp/www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/rundown/here-are-the-paths-to-victory-for-candidates-in-wisconsin

https://newrepublic.com/article/118145/scott-walkers-toxic-racial-politics

http://www.oann.com/wowpoll/

http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2014/05/27/the-state-of-politics-barrett-blasts-suburbs-on-low-income-housing/

So next time you feel like shooting off your mouth about something you don’t know about, look it up first, or ask about it, instead of accusing the person of peddling BS.