The new voter ID laws in Wisconsin depressed Democratic turnout, (Reply #30)

In the discussion thread: Do DUers understand the meaning of 2million more votes? [View all]

Thu Nov 24, 2016, 10:41 AM

pnwmom (105,333 posts)

30. The new voter ID laws in Wisconsin depressed Democratic turnout,

just as they were designed to do. That wasn't Hillary's fault.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2016/11/10/milwaukee-elections-head-says-voter-id-law-hurt-citys-turnout/93607154/

Wisconsin's voter ID law caused problems at the polls in the city and likely contributed to lower voter turnout, Milwaukee's elections chief said Thursday.

The city saw a decline of some 41,000 voters in Tuesday's election compared with 2012, when President Barack Obama won broad support in Milwaukee and coasted to re-election.

"We saw some of the greatest declines were in the districts we projected would have the most trouble with voter ID requirements," said Neil Albrecht, executive director of the city's Election Commission.

Reply to this post

Back to OP Alert abuse Link to post in-thread

Always highlight: 10 newest replies | Replies posted after I mark a forum

Replies to this discussion thread

84 replies	Author	Time	Post
Do DUers understand the meaning of 2million more votes? [View all]	malaise	Nov 2016	OP
I certainly do.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#1
I do too. Clinton's lead is larger than the sum of all the Trump votes in almost a dozen states.	Coyotl	Nov 2016	#11
To be fair, if Gore had contested wisely . . .	MrModerate	Nov 2016	#15
I was watching.	anamandujano	Nov 2016	#61
Because "bitter and appalled" is superior to whining, pissing, and moaning..	milestogo	Nov 2016	#20
Not a fan of crybabies.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#23
Happy Thanksgiving!	milestogo	Nov 2016	#49
Oh you're sickened? You must be so weak!	bettyellen	Nov 2016	#53
Not inside the beltway from what I heard.	Hortensis	Nov 2016	#2
It's basically California; she broke even everywhere else	BeyondGeography	Nov 2016	#3
Or get rid of the Electoral College	SoCalNative	Nov 2016	#4
Even better	BeyondGeography	Nov 2016	#5
This	treestar	Nov 2016	#6
Exactly...	paleotn	Nov 2016	#29
Go to	pbmus	Nov 2016	#66
that Compact is unconstitutional	Grey Lemercier	Nov 2016	#70
You might want to read my latest discussion entry	pbmus	Nov 2016	#71
hey hey, ho ho, the electoral college has got to go... or get used to having LOSER republicans	TheFrenchRazor	Nov 2016	#73
There are plans out that don't require a constitutional amendment	alarimer	Nov 2016	#79
That's exactly right.	LisaL	Nov 2016	#9
Don't need to have them agree	pbmus	Nov 2016	#67
California is no less important than all the states in the Deep South.	kentuck	Nov 2016	#13
Individuals in California aren't worth as much, evidently	lostnfound	Nov 2016	#35
Apparently not	BeyondGeography	Nov 2016	#45
No	DK504	Nov 2016	#56
Very lopsided vote	Retrograde	Nov 2016	#63
It means HRC was extraordinarily popular in NY and CA	oberliner	Nov 2016	#7
Yes, exactly.	LisaL	Nov 2016	#8
Fair share I don't think it is a problem	JonLP24	Nov 2016	#12
We got killed by the effectiveness of GOP brainwashing in rural communities.	lostnfound	Nov 2016	#38
This	ybbor	Nov 2016	#40
it's interesting how she was maligned as not liberal enough	La Lioness Priyanka	Nov 2016	#84
It means that 'city peoples' vote is half a vote in America.	Sunlei	Nov 2016	#10
or 2/3?	baldguy	Nov 2016	#16
Or 3/5's	Lochloosa	Nov 2016	#31
Mmhm! Nt	Quayblue	Nov 2016	#47
Correct...	HipHipHillary	Nov 2016	#21
What "view" does "the country" have	William Seger	Nov 2016	#33
Their worldview is created from twitter and facebook fake news & 'Trumpland' was prophetic	Sunlei	Nov 2016	#43
You didn't answer my question	William Seger	Nov 2016	#44
They should not. I think the popular vote is democracy.	Sunlei	Nov 2016	#50
Yeah, we got whacked upside the head by the electoral college . . . again. n/t	MrModerate	Nov 2016	#14
we got wacked because lots of people didn't want the 'status quo' system anymore or they sat out &	Sunlei	Nov 2016	#48
Doesn't have to be	pbmus	Nov 2016	#68
It means much more than 2 million.....	Martin Eden	Nov 2016	#17
Correct - that number is more than the entire electorate	malaise	Nov 2016	#18
Maybe if She had visited Wisconsin ONCE it might have helped...	ybbor	Nov 2016	#19
She should have visited Wisconsin	malaise	Nov 2016	#22
Exactly right	ramapo	Nov 2016	#24
The new voter ID laws in Wisconsin depressed Democratic turnout,	pnwmom	Nov 2016	#30
Post removed	Post removed	Nov 2016	#39
I had one deleted too	madokie	Nov 2016	#41
Me too	BeyondGeography	Nov 2016	#46
I had posts deleted too - I see it as a badge of honor	malaise	Nov 2016	#51
You would.	Lochloosa	Nov 2016	#54
Hehehehehhe	malaise	Nov 2016	#59
If life seems jolly rotten, there's something you've forgotten!	BeyondGeography	Nov 2016	#55
Love me some Monty Python	malaise	Nov 2016	#58
Life's a piece of shit, when ya look at it. nt	King_Klonopin	Nov 2016	#65
A recurring theme in the UK	BeyondGeography	Nov 2016	#77
You should challenge the decision to silence your post. The election	jack_krass	Nov 2016	#76
By flawed, I believe you mean "qualified". nt	Dr Hobbitstein	Nov 2016	#26
Nope	ybbor	Nov 2016	#37
Go back to your cave. nt	Dr Hobbitstein	Nov 2016	#62
She wasn't a "deeply flawed" candidate. In 2013 the Supreme Court	pnwmom	Nov 2016	#27
Yes, She was deeply flawed or She wouldn't have lost all the rust belt states...	ybbor	Nov 2016	#36
And it isn't hindsight	ybbor	Nov 2016	#42
she won those states because of the black vote and they ARE a big part of the votes in the GE for	JI7	Nov 2016	#64
Looking at the last census data of 2010	Loki	Nov 2016	#25
1,000	malaise	Nov 2016	#28
first day back since the election	napkinz	Nov 2016	#32
Welcome back sis	malaise	Nov 2016	#34
There are counties in states with More votes than registered voters, including in WI.	onecaliberal	Nov 2016	#52
So many disenfranchised voters	mcar	Nov 2016	#57
In Michigan, Obama beat McCain in 2008 by 16 percentage points.	demmiblue	Nov 2016	#60
It's not going to stop at 2 million.	tandem5	Nov 2016	#69
Everything about this from the primaries on has been bizarre and unprecedented.	Kablooie	Nov 2016	#72
Two million more votes	The King of Prussia	Nov 2016	#74
Not true	malaise	Nov 2016	#75
There are no seats in a Presidential Election	The King of Prussia	Nov 2016	#78
I know	malaise	Nov 2016	#80
Hey - she had 6 million more in just CA and NY...sure that means something.	jmg257	Nov 2016	#81
Do DU'rs understand that if they wanna complain about the electoral college	sylvanus	Nov 2016	#82
Off the chart impossible and beyond all probability without some cheating	Coyotl	Nov 2016	#83

Edit History

Please login to view edit histories.