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Wisconsin Mail-In Ballot Returns Are Lagging Far Behind 2022. That's Bad News for Democrats.
Townhall ^ | 10-16-2026 | Amy Curtis

Posted on 10/16/2026 1:34:16 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita

If absentee ballot numbers are any indication, things in Wisconsin look really good for Republicans in the state, including Tom Tiffany.

Here's a better breakdown of those numbers: There were 363,330 applications this year, down 20.3 percent from 2022, and 151,231 were returned, down 28.2 percent from 2022.

Those numbers are down across the board, but especially so in bluer districts.

Republicans must go and vote. But the signs are there that this may not be the blue wave Democrats are hoping for. That's great news for all of us.

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


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This early voting data is not signaling a blue wave like the Democrats and their media allies are telling us.
1 posted on 10/16/2026 1:34:16 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Dan in Wichita

Fire up them printing presses. Get names off gravestones and nursing home rolls.


2 posted on 10/16/2026 1:35:57 PM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: BipolarBob

No money from USAID.


3 posted on 10/16/2026 1:37:36 PM PDT by riverrunner
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To: riverrunner

Yep, two pronged attack: (1) no money for vote fraud and (2) people are actually going to prison.


4 posted on 10/16/2026 1:39:51 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Dan in Wichita

The Democratic cope on X is….

“Dems don’t Trust the mail as much this year because of Trump… more will vote on election day”


5 posted on 10/16/2026 1:40:16 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Please don’t use google products, especially YouTube )
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To: Dan in Wichita

I have a feeling both sides are going to have a lot of people who will refuse to vote, regardless of the ads and speeches.

Glenn Beck decried the apparently large numbers of Christians who say they aren’t even registered, and others who agree with “As it is the vote for the lesser of two evils, by refusing to vote I am not participating in their evil.”

Anti-war conservatives may stay home. Young people who rightly see the worthlessness of the current Congress (with non charismatic do nothing leaders like Thune, Schumer and Jeffries who do not get bills passed such as Save America when over 80% of people WANT voter ID and votes only by US citizens). Others who have perfectionist axes to grind against Paxton or other candidates who are not at all ideal.

May be a low turnout.


6 posted on 10/16/2026 1:41:46 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: frank ballenger

They couldn’t even get the daylight savings bill passed. What a bunch of worthless losers.


7 posted on 10/16/2026 1:44:45 PM PDT by steel_resolve (The Sleeper Must Awaken. )
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To: Dan in Wichita
The word is getting around that Trump and the Justice Department will vigorously prosecute election fraud?
8 posted on 10/16/2026 1:45:31 PM PDT by zeestephen (2024 Trump Landslide - Kamala Harris Lost By 230,000 Votes In WI, MI, and PA.)
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To: frank ballenger

“Others who have perfectionist axes “

I refer to it as the purity test. Republicans fail to understand it’s NOT about a single candidate, it is about the movement. If you have a GOP candidate that you can’t stand and doesn’t pass your purity test vote for them anyway! Remember, it is about the movement...


9 posted on 10/16/2026 1:46:45 PM PDT by devane617 (Facts Do Not Matter To Those On The Left—It's Their God.)
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To: Dan in Wichita

Wasn’t 2022 during covid? Then of course mail in ballots would be down now. Hope I’m wrong and Dem voters are not that enthusiastic about their commie candidates.


10 posted on 10/16/2026 1:49:00 PM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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To: devane617

Well stated. For a long time the other side has voted for anyone with a “D” next to their name. Sooner or later with the shift going on, we will live under a socialist regime, God forbid.


11 posted on 10/16/2026 1:50:11 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: MeanWestTexan

And Trump has “evicted” a hell of a lot of illegal aliens. Many more have self-ported. Others afraid to vote out of fear of arrest and subsequent deportation. More ICE please!


12 posted on 10/16/2026 1:54:09 PM PDT by donozark (Trump isn't a fascist. America's trains still do not run on time.)
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To: steel_resolve

Good example. I remember the cable TV days when the people demanded help from Congress. First Congress accidentally raised the rates and fees for consumers in a supposed reform bill, then leaders said “we got it wrong but this time we won’t” for the next year’s bill which ended up making all of us pay far more than ever due to rules that benefited bundles the companies liked.


13 posted on 10/16/2026 1:54:38 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: devane617

I'm not looking for perfection, but I'm also not going to hold my nose and vote for any Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan type candidates. I can vote around them. Had we not refused to support those two RINOs -- which admittedly set the stage for the Obama/Biden pain we endured -- they would have further eroded the Republican brand and handily gave the WhiteHouse back to Hillary Clinton who have burned the USA to the ground.

We enjoy Trump only because a large enough group of us stopped voting for the lesser of two evils ... which turned up the heat in the pot enough for the frogs to realize they were being slow boiled. I'm all for a big red wave, but lets not be too willing to fill the redness with Mike Pence, Paul Ryan, John Thune, Mitch McConnell, etc, candidates. And we must not blindly support the Democrats trying to run as Republicans to fool the voters (Samuel Ronan, Kate Barr, Daniel Sullivan, etc).


14 posted on 10/16/2026 2:03:51 PM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: willk
The article has data showing absentee ballots are down for all Wisconsin counties, but Dem stronghold counties are down more than Republican counties.

Dems must do better in Madison and Milwaukee than what they're showing so far to win statewide races.

15 posted on 10/16/2026 2:25:17 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: devane617
You’re absolutely right. I’m going to vote, in person, and vote straight Republican. I NEVER vote for Democrats.

It absolutely IS about the movement!

16 posted on 10/16/2026 2:31:35 PM PDT by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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To: steel_resolve

Good...cuz Standard Time is the correct time...


17 posted on 10/16/2026 2:37:11 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Dan in Wichita

The cemetery vote must be stymied as well as the homeless $2 votes.


18 posted on 10/16/2026 3:41:17 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: Dan in Wichita

BLACK VOTE DOWN EVERYWHERE. Maybe pissing off foundational black Americans by trying to replace them with Illegals was a bad idea.


19 posted on 10/16/2026 4:38:30 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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