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jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 08:09 PM Dec 2017

2018 Blue Wave...view from over here in Wisconsin, stay alert please..

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.

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2018 Blue Wave...view from over here in Wisconsin, stay alert please.. (Original Post) jodymarie aimee Dec 2017 OP
no time for overconfidence greenman3610 Dec 2017 #1
Correct. old guy Dec 2017 #2
I plan on volunteering at my local dnc headquarters come Spring Heartstrings Dec 2017 #3
The answer was seen in Virginia and Alabama. TomSlick Dec 2017 #4
Voters in Virginia seemed prepared. Blue_true Dec 2017 #9
The real reason that HRC "lost" Wisconsin. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #5
Every democrat in the country needs to stand behind Wisconsin. rainin Dec 2017 #6
Full Alert To Be Sure colsohlibgal Dec 2017 #7
People should check their voter information in March, then check it monthly after that. Blue_true Dec 2017 #8
I know - RandomAccess Dec 2017 #10
The Voter Suppression Makes Me Insanely Angry SeaDoo77 Dec 2017 #11
Me too and I do NOT see Democrats fighting it with enough vigor RandomAccess Dec 2017 #12
I Will Do An OP On This Right Now SeaDoo77 Dec 2017 #14
Here It Is SeaDoo77 Dec 2017 #15
it's also the talk radio that dems ignore certainot Dec 2017 #13
There is a lot of power and money at stake, they will do whatever to keep control of both! Dustlawyer Dec 2017 #16
The blue wave won't happen unless we GOTFV*!! lastlib Dec 2017 #17

old guy

(3,281 posts)
2. Correct.
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 08:21 PM
Dec 2017

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)
3. I plan on volunteering at my local dnc headquarters come Spring
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 08:32 PM
Dec 2017

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)
4. The answer was seen in Virginia and Alabama.
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 08:45 PM
Dec 2017

Virginia was also terribly gerrymandered. That was beaten by getting out the vote.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
9. Voters in Virginia seemed prepared.
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 09:22 PM
Dec 2017

Having a Democrat governor for four years before the election. But people should keep an eye on their voter status.

rainin

(3,010 posts)
6. Every democrat in the country needs to stand behind Wisconsin.
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 08:50 PM
Dec 2017

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)
7. Full Alert To Be Sure
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 09:10 PM
Dec 2017

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)
8. People should check their voter information in March, then check it monthly after that.
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 09:19 PM
Dec 2017

If anything is amiss, challenge it ASAP. Republicans count on people making assumptions about their voter status.

 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
10. I know -
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 09:27 PM
Dec 2017

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)
11. The Voter Suppression Makes Me Insanely Angry
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 09:44 PM
Dec 2017

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)
12. Me too and I do NOT see Democrats fighting it with enough vigor
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 09:48 PM
Dec 2017

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.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
13. it's also the talk radio that dems ignore
Fri Dec 22, 2017, 09:49 PM
Dec 2017

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

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