Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Nader supporter Michael Moore needs to shut up [View all]betsuni
(29,329 posts)compared with a 1.2 point increase in states where the law didn't change. And the drop was particularly acute among black voters. Turnout was down 5 points in heavily African American counties in states with strict new ID laws, but down just 2.2 points in similar counties in states without new laws. In Wisconsin, where I lost by just 22,748 votes, a study from Priorities USA estimated that the new voter ID law helped reduce turnout by 200,000 votes, primarily from low income and minority areas. We know for sure that the turnout in the city of Milwaukee fell by 13 percent. By contrast, in neighboring Minnesota, which has similar demographics but did not impose arduous new restrictions on voting, turnout in heavily African American countries declined much less and was relatively flat. In Illinois, where the state put in place new measures to make it easier to vote, not harder, turnout was up more than 5 percent overall. ... Before the election, one Republican state representative in Wisconsin predicted the new law would help Trump pull off an upset in the state. Turns out he was right."
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden