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Gothmog

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2. I agree that Walker would not carry Wisconsin if he is the nominee
Wed Jul 15, 2015, 09:17 AM
Jul 2015

Walker appeals solely to white voters and he could not carry Wisonsin in a presidential year http://www.salon.com/2015/07/14/scott_walkers_white_man_problem_his_narrow_appeal_is_his_achilles_heel/

When you look at Walker’s victories in Wisconsin, you start to understand why he’s so gung-ho on winning Iowa. In the 2014 gubernatorial election, a full 88 percent of the electorate in Wisconsin was white, and Walker won 56 percent of the white vote. African Americans comprised just six percent of the vote, and Walker lost them 90-10. In 2012, the recall election, 91 percent of Wisconsin voters were white, and Walker won 57 percent of their votes. Among the five percent of voters who were black, Walker lost 94-5. His success has been built on appealing to an overwhelmingly white electorate in elections that never coincided with a presidential race. (Obama comfortably won Wisconsin in 2012 despite losing the white vote in the state to Romney.) That will serve him well in Republican primary contests, but he won’t enjoy those advantages in the general election.

Walker has been busy alienating minority voters and women voters which will mean that he has no chance even in Wisconsin of winning in a presidential year.

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