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HereSince1628

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9. In WI, high voter turnout means pretty much exactly the same thing.

Reply to rurallib (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 7, 2015, 10:42 AM

Apr 2015

Low-voter turnout just provides bigger margins to the R's

There really isn't a democratic advantage to high turnouts in WI anymore.

Big turnouts just mean the ballot has more at stake and both sides respond accordingly

The 15 second ad run by the conservatives for the referendum amending the constitution used variations on Democratic and Democracy 4 times. I'm pretty sure that was just to give the impression that dems should vote for it.

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See ya later, DU, I gotta go vote ... [View all] Scuba Apr 2015 OP

In my precinct in St. Louis, I was the first one there. randome Apr 2015 #1

Good on you! riqster Apr 2015 #2

hope you have a decent turnout, because you know what low turnout means rurallib Apr 2015 #3

In WI, high voter turnout means pretty much exactly the same thing. HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #9

Vote Early and often! Cryptoad Apr 2015 #4

Blessings of the creative entity be upon you! Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #5

me too! n/t Buenaventura Apr 2015 #6

Vote hard. n/t Orsino Apr 2015 #7

With Ya' on this one--as usual...K&R! hue Apr 2015 #8