The Nightmare That Keeps Wisconsin Democrats Up at Night

Politico ^ | 10/03/2024 10:00 AM EDT | Calder McHugh

[E. Pluribus Unum]

MADISON, Wisconsin — On an oppressively hot August day in downtown Madison, the signs of this famously liberal city’s progressive activism are everywhere. Buildings are draped in pride flags and Black Lives Matter signs are prominently displayed on storefronts. A musty bookstore advertises revolutionary titles and newspaper clippings of rallies against Donald Trump. A fancy restaurant features a graphic of a raised Black fist in its window, with chalk outside on the sidewalk reading “solidarity forever.”

Yet the Green Party, which bills itself as an independent political party that has the best interests of self-described leftists at heart, is nowhere to be found. It has no storefronts, no candidates running for local office, no relationship with the politically active UW-Madison campus, which has almost 50,000 students.

Where it does have purchase is in the nightmares of local Democrats, who are deeply afraid of the effect the third party might have here in November. As one of the seven presidential battleground states, Wisconsin is a critical brick in the so-called Blue Wall, the term for the run of Rust Belt states that are essential to Kamala Harris’ chances of winning the presidency. It’s a deeply divided state that’s become notorious for its razor-thin margins of victory — a place where statewide elections are so close that even tenths of a percentage point matter. Against that backdrop, the Green Party looms very large this year.

[kiryandil]

the politically active UW-Madison campus

aka "The Berkeley of the Midwest"

[citizen]

Trump just needs voters - actual voters - to turn out everywhere, tallying votes beyond the reach of the steal.

Voters voting down ballot, too.

[Mr. Mojo]

<< blue pockets like Madison, where voters are more progressive, more anti-war, >>

Progs are only anti-war if Israel or the US is kicking jihadi posterior.

[ansel12]

Turn out counts.

“Thanks to its rapid growth, Dane County — which includes Madison — has turned from a reliably Democratic stronghold into a raging turnout machine that has overwhelmed the GOP’s traditional strength elsewhere in Wisconsin. The Democratic margins in the county keep getting larger, and more people keep coming out to vote. The clearest example came in 2023, during the state’s historically sleepy spring election, when Dane County powered Democrats to victory in a closely contested state Supreme Court race, producing even more Democratic votes than in the much larger Milwaukee County, the state’s traditional population hub.”

[nwrep]

wow!

[realcleanguy]

They would elect Che Guevara is he was running

[Trump20162020]

BLM and pride flags, how trite, honestly. Safe progressive virtue signaling at this point.

[cowboyusa]

Wisconsin just had a Baseball meltdown

[Reeses]

It’s a deeply divided state that’s become notorious for its razor-thin margins of victory — a place where statewide elections are so close that even tenths of a percentage point matter.

Statistically, frequent razor-thin margins is strong evidence of institutional cheating. Because free-will humans are involved, marketing can never be a science, is forever an imperfect art. No way people split 50/50 on a frequent basis without demonic intervention. No way can Demonrats consistently win the legal system coin toss as often as they do. Because cheaters don't want to get caught, they only cheat the absolute minimum amount, resulting in impossibly frequent razor-thin margins.

[PrinceOfCups]

Wisconsin just had a Baseball meltdown....

By a Polar Bear, in fact!

[qaz123]

a place where statewide elections are so close that even tenths of a percentage point matter.

State legislature is 1 or 2 seats shy of a Republican supermajority. Obvious that one city can dictate how a state goes at the governor, AG, SOS levels.

State level Electoral College would change the makeup of a few states and the balance of the US Senate.

[Mark]

So, this city would be proud to receive 20 busses full of gang members from certain Southern countries.

[Secret Agent Man]

Dems here in WI sued to keep RFK Jr on the ballot (to hurt Trump)

But then sued to get Jill OFF the ballot.

The hypocrisy of communists reaches the heavens.

[StACase]

See my post from four years ago. LINK

I'm sure they've once again figured out how to stuff Wisconsin's ballot boxes pretty much in broad day light and get away with it scot free.

[Does so]

<< blue pockets like Madison, where voters are more progressive, more anti-war >>

I’d expect Madison’s “Blue Pocket” vote would go to the anti-war candidate.

[PIF]

UW-Madison campus, which has almost 50,000 students.

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This equates to 100,000 Democrat votes as the ‘students’ vote once at home and at least once in Madtown. It also shows how Dane County gets substantially over 100% of registered votes.

[PIF]

aka “The Berkeley of the Midwest”

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Berkeley is far more conservative then Madtown.