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It is wonderful to keep hearing MSNBC herald a blue wave next year, but having lived thru the last 8 years in Wisconsin, I can tell you it is not that easy. We have been shackled here...we may have lost 100,000 to 300,000 DEM votes in 2016 due to their gerrymandering and voter suppression and all manner of cheating.. Folks, stay alert, it is not going to be that easy, just because Trump is evil. The times have changed, elections are NOT fair.
greenman3610
(3,947 posts)old guy
(3,281 posts)The primary for the Dist. 10 senate seat special election was Tue. and the Koch representative did very well thank you.
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)It's frozen tundra time and I hear heat isn't highly funded at campaign headquarters for the Winter months here in Wisconsin.
Hit the ground running in the Spring.......
TomSlick
(11,035 posts)Virginia was also terribly gerrymandered. That was beaten by getting out the vote.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Having a Democrat governor for four years before the election. But people should keep an eye on their voter status.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Recommended.
rainin
(3,010 posts)Wisconsin has pulled every dirty trick to steal elections. I don't think Wisconsin can turn this around without our help. Democrats from all over the country need to donate, work the phones, and canvas for Wisconsin to flip these races. Laser focus all our energy. Expose these republicans. No mercy. We HAVE to flip Wisconsin and it won't be easy.
If we can flip Wisconsin, we can flip anywhere.
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)If they can cheat and/or steal to win a seat they will and denie any malfeasance.
We need to start playing alert hardball and keep playing it.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)If anything is amiss, challenge it ASAP. Republicans count on people making assumptions about their voter status.
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)I don't have WI stats, but I like to post these now and then:
Here is how they stole the election, well this and KGB operatives V Crosscheck in action:
Trump victory margin in Michigan: 13,107
Michigan Crosscheck purge list: 449,922
Trump victory margin in Arizona: 85,257
Arizona Crosscheck purge list: 270,824
Trump victory margin in North Carolina: 177,008
North Carolina Crosscheck purge list: 589,393
http://www.gregpalast.com/election-stolen-heres/
SeaDoo77
(540 posts)We are a banana republic with gerrymandering and voter suppression.
Just look at VA. We won by 10 points and still don't have a majority.
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)They should have a non-stop PR campaign (not necessarily paid PR with ads and such, but OTOH, why not??) that to be an American is to be PRO-VOTER. MORE voters, not less. LESS voters is UnAmerican. It should go without saying and they should absolutely CRUCIFY Republicans on the subject.
SeaDoo77
(540 posts)Check Latest Threads.
SeaDoo77
(540 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)u of Wisconsin supports 5 limbaugh stations and 3 hannity stations and it's absurd that wisc dems don't complain about it
if UW was forced to discuss the absurdity of it the gop would freak out, media would notice, and advertisers would flee.
without those stations Wisc GOP has didly
Dustlawyer
(10,493 posts)lastlib
(22,981 posts)(*"Get Out The Furshlugginer Vote"