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[Claustrum]

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[BradAllison]

1. Unreal this racist piece of trash keeps winning.

[TheRealNorth]

6. Because there are just enough people in WI....

Where racism works. And turnout in Milwaukee doesn't appear to have been enough to offset that, although it does look better than previous non-presidential elections. Obama probably helped, but it wasn't enough for Barnes (but it probably saved Evers, Kaul, and maybe LaFollette).

Hopefully LaFollette can make up the 180 vote deficit - would suck if the Republicans have their hands in the election machinery that the Secretary of State oversees.

[Ellipsis]

25. Truth.

[atreides1]

7. Not really

When he's being supported by other racists...it's really not surprising!

[ananda]

13. I don't see how. Wisconsin, you have really let us down.

...

[BradAllison]

15. Its now just the rural parts of Wisconsin and Minnesota

[TheRealNorth]

28. Milwaukee suburbs are still pretty red...

Whereas the Twin City suburbs are blue or trending blue.

The dynamic is a bit different. I suspect it has to do with more people in TC suburbs having college degrees.

[Emile]

2. That sucks

[MontanaMama]

3. Unbelievable.

[a kennedy]

5. Barack Obama came and I thought that would put Mandela over the top.

[JohnSJ]

4. That is quite sad since Evers won the Governorship, one would think that would have helped Barnes.

The numbers are quite close, and I would hope that Barnes doesn't concede quite yet

[ananda]

14. I know, right? It makes no sense, really.

Johnson is just so horrible.

[Raven123]

8. Will be interesting to read final tallies. Evers won and Johnson won. Makes no sense.

[Emile]

9. Something is not adding up. Is it close enough

to have a recount?

[TheRealNorth]

18. I don't think so...

I believe the GOP changed the recount threshold to 0.5% after 2010.

[Blue Owl]

10. My thoughts exactly

Why would anyone that voted for Evers also vote for Johnson???

[milestogo]

19. Because our state is full of closet racists

who believed the "scary black man will increase crime" commercials. And they kept throwing "defund the police" at him.

[TheRealNorth]

29. This

It probably worked on just enough independents.

[Claustrum]

11. Lots of split tickets this year in GA, PA, OH and WI n/t

[Raven123]

12. Maybe, but The GOP senate and governor candidates are equally extreme in Wisconsin

[Bayard]

16. So, where's the Dem outrage and lawsuits?

Especially in these really close races, and still votes to be counted yet. That's what rethugs would be doing. We continue to be polite and non-combative. What does it get us?

You better believe that rethugs are going to be filing lawsuits and demanding recounts on every race they lost. And here we are, with our candidates giving concession speeches, being seen as losers--not good sports, not the sane adults.

With our very democracy on the line, we should be fighting harder, not playing nice.

[Claustrum]

17. MSNBC waited till all of the votes to be counted in the big democratic counties before calling the

race. They were sure there wouldn't be enough votes for Barnes to overtake the lead. I think the campaign saw the same thing.

[Jskudris55]

20. What did it get Republicans???

The election deniers lost in all the swing races. Stop with this nonsense

[Elessar Zappa]

21. You're saying we should claim non-existent fraud just because Republicans do?

[Bayard]

22. No

I'm saying, don't go down with the ship. In these races that are within one point--do not concede. Count every vote.

I'm contemplating the horror of a rethuglican House. And the Senate coming down to a runoff in Georgia. While we are saying--Oh well, guess we lost.

[Deuxcents]

23. Even after Johnson n others said they'd come after SS n Medicare..

I just don’t get it.

[Raven123]

24. Difficult to understand until you think about what just happened with reproductive rights

People block out what they don’t want to hear.

[bdamomma]

26. Reproductive rights

apparently, there are those who think women got over it, like WTF!!!!! We have a problem with Christo-fascist movement in the country.

[Raven123]

27. I'm not sure of your point

My point was that people assumed Roe v Wade was safe, and took it for granted that it would remain intact, even though the GOP has been targeting it for years. I think they assume SS is safe. Also wrong.

[TheRealNorth]

30. I healthy majority of white woman voted Republican according to the exit polls

More than 60% seem to be okay with surrendering their bodies to old white men.

[TheRealNorth]

32. I don't think we really used that in our messaging...

And Ron the Russian flooded the zone with "scary black men" ads.

[senseandsensibility]

31. I really wanted MB to win!

Yeah, that loss is a tough one.

[Demsrule86]

33. I am watching MSNBC... it wasn't called.

[Claustrum]

34. Was it not? I thought I saw it at the time. I will delete for now. Thanks!