Posted on 06/27/2012 1:14:12 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
The results for the June 5 election have now been certified and posted by the Government Accountability Board, showing 57.8% of the state’s voting-age adults turned out in Wisconsin’s historic recall fight.
That’s easily the highest turnout in more than 60 years for a non-presidential ballot:
According to the final official results, Republican Gov. Scott Walker got 53.08% (a total of 1,335,585 votes) and Democrat Tom Barrett got 46.28% (a total of 1,164,480 votes).
Total votes cast: 2,516,065.
The June 5 turnout of nearly 58% of voting-age adults was far beyond that of any mid-term gubernatorial election in recent decades. The previous 60-year high was 52.4% in 1962.
But it wasn’t a record for a gubernatorial election. Before the 1970s, governors in Wisconsin served two-year terms, so every other election occurred on a presidential ballot, which traditionally draws much higher turnout. As a result, there were postwar elections for governor in presidential years that drew more than 70% of voting-age adults in some cases (1952, 1960) and more than 60% in others (1956, 1964, and 1968).
Turnout in the 2008 presidential race in Wisconsin was 69% of voting-age adults.
You can see the certified June 5 results here.
Government Accountabililty Board
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Wisconsin recall election turn out results
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I see the reason for the Walker win right here. 50% over all turnout, but conservative areas (like mine) turned out 70% of the voters.
Also, the title on their graph is misleading. These were not all “mid-term governor races”. They were just mid term elections.
That’s impressive.
Would love to see Baraq lose Wis this Nov.
Based on these numbers, it could well happen.
I’d like to see the percentage of votes by age group. I suspect the under thirties had a very low turnout. I say that because after a trip coming back to our home in Wisconsin from overseas, we were talking to our taxi driver, who appeared to be around thirty, about the election. He didn’t know the name of the governor nor anything about the issues involved.
Ha! You must have used the same limo service we used. The guy knew NOTHING, and he was a neighbor of Walker’s.
Before we left on our trip to Britain, we authorized our town clerks to mail ballots to our in-laws address in England. Unfortunately, they got there too late, and we found out the state did not accept ballots arriving after the election. We were mightily gratified to see Walker win by such a good margin. But the ignorance of young people about the most important gubernatorial election in the state’s history is highly discomfiting.
Of course the results are inaccurate because of all the non-residents, illegal aliens and dead people that voted early and often as Democrats.
I just wonder if the taxi driver didn`t want to get in
an argument
My relatives in Rib Lake and Marshfield are barely
talking to each other over their votes
Nah, he was a nice guy, but he just didn’t look like a typical cabbie. Other remarks he made led us to believe he just wasn’t into current events.
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