A number of factors. The Black vote was low in the recall and high for Obama. You are correct about the DNC saving their election cash to spend more money on Obama. Busing in illegal minority voters from Illinois is expensive.
Also, independents swung to Walker in the recall & to Obama in November.
Moving forward, Wisconsin now has voter photo ID laws in place. Big city Democrat fraud has been dealt a serious blow. Thanks to Act 10, union political dollars have been similarly damaged.
Oh, so you KNOW what they did in November 2012! :)
It was because Illinois was a lock.
You are correct about the DNC saving their election cash to spend more money on Obama.
That, and the Walker people were watching like hawks. In the mayhem of a general election, you can get away with more.
Moving forward, Wisconsin now has voter photo ID laws in place. Big city Democrat fraud has been dealt a serious blow. Thanks to Act 10, union political dollars have been similarly damaged.
There wasn't any vote fraud in the primary, since it was an open primary. The Democrats in and around Milwaukee voted for Cruz, the social conservative, in social squish territory. After all, Santorum & Huckabee both got stomped in those same counties in 2012 and 2008.
The Democrats were so sure of the results that they let the Bern & Hillary go at it with gloves off in the Dane County area and the rest of the state, except for maybe Brown County.
That was the tell - the Democrat vote totals in Dane versus the Democrat vote totals in the eastern lake counties.
I think the Dems might have flicked a booger at Cruz & Ryan with the Kenosha totals. :)
Correction: “In the mayhem of a NATIONAL general election, you can get away with more.”