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In reply to the discussion: Let me say it right here, if you voted for Trump-I do think you are a racist, homophobic misogynist. [View all]Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)This is also a microcosm of how Scott Walker keeps getting elected. Our state party has basically taken the attitude of "let's work turnout in Milwaukee and Madison, and screw the rednecks in the rest of the state." Well, I grew up in Milwaukee, went to college and grad school in Madison, and now live in one of those other parts of the state. There are racists where I live, and there are anti-Semites here too (I am a Jew). They are sometimes but not always the same people. But there are also a lot of low-information people who have opinions that are largely shaped by what they hear on the teevee and radio. Are they all racist assholes? Some are, not all. But many of these people either voted for Trump, believing him to be the lesser of two evils, or didn't vote at all.
Obama and Biden both made stops in my county in '08 and '12. Kerry was here the day before the election in '04. Gore was here twice in '00.
Obama won this county twice. Kerry won this county. Gore won this county. Then Hillary, who never campaigned here or anywhere else in the state after the primary LOST!
You can lose on principle, or maybe, just maybe, peel off a few votes from Cheeto Jesus and beat his ass in four years.