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cali

(114,904 posts)
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 06:34 PM Apr 2015

woot,woot,woot: In Wisconsin Feingold leads Johnson in Senate poll 54% to 38%

Russ Feingold hasn't announced he's running for his old U.S. Senate seat yet, but all signs say it's only a matter of time. And a poll of Wisconsin voters released on Thursday indicates he could fare well in the 2016 election.

If the 2016 U.S. Senate race were held today, Feingold, who recently left his post as the State Department's special envoy to the Great Lakes Region of Africa, would likely defeat Sen. Ron Johnson, the conservative Republican who unseated him in 2010, according to a Marquette University Law School Poll released Thursday.

Feingold, who has not said whether he plans to challenge Johnson, has the support of 54 percent of registered voters in Wisconsin. Thirty-eight percent of voters would support Johnson, while 9 percent have no preference.

Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/marquette-poll-russ-feingold-leads-ron-johnson-in-potential-u/article_578c1636-9940-5e19-83c8-3bdfd9bb70b4.html#ixzz3XVwzrrHh

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woot,woot,woot: In Wisconsin Feingold leads Johnson in Senate poll 54% to 38% (Original Post) cali Apr 2015 OP
I've recently gotten phone calls asking for money for his pac HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #1
And Hassan (D) leads Ayotte (R) in New Hampshire: JaneyVee Apr 2015 #2
And yet they reelect Walker. Lucky Luciano Apr 2015 #3
It doesnt make sense Pharaoh Apr 2015 #4
Sometimes states can have strange voting patterns Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #8
It's called midterm elections. Wisconsin has a super liberal college town in MillennialDem Apr 2015 #17
nope don't believe it Pharaoh Apr 2015 #18
Wisconsin has voted for a democratic president every year since (and including) 1988. MillennialDem Apr 2015 #22
You should read this and make the connection...it's not logic but statistics HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #5
I really don't want to believe all this, but I do.. mountain grammy Apr 2015 #9
As we learned back when BBV was the story...you gotta win bigger than 5% HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #12
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NONO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a kennedy Apr 2015 #14
I agree. I'm ready to go now. Husband's not there yet. mountain grammy Apr 2015 #16
great article Pharaoh Apr 2015 #11
And it was confirmed independently by another statistician just weeks ago HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #13
But Wisconsin also elected a majority of Republicans mountain grammy Apr 2015 #15
this state is reddish purple, large population areas except Green Bay HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #19
gerrymandering Pharaoh Apr 2015 #21
Yeah, I figured. Republicans have sure got the market on rigged elections. mountain grammy Apr 2015 #23
If this doesn't encourage him to run, I don't know what will. bullwinkle428 Apr 2015 #6
K&R. Yes please! Overseas Apr 2015 #7
Nothing would make me happier than seeing Russ Feingold back in the Senate. mountain grammy Apr 2015 #10
This is great news Gothmog Apr 2015 #20

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
1. I've recently gotten phone calls asking for money for his pac
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 06:55 PM
Apr 2015

Progressives United...went for years with none of that.

So something has come alive. I'm not quite sure what that is as the website also has been boosting Sanders for president.

Unlike a run for president that has to cover the country, announcing for the WI senate seat doesn't have to get started for a long while

 

Pharaoh

(8,209 posts)
4. It doesnt make sense
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 09:00 PM
Apr 2015

we elected Obama twice, yet voted for Walker 3 times?

We voted overwhelmingly for 2 referendums, (unbinding, like whats the point of that!) Which Walker was against and Burke was for.

It does not compute Will Robinson,

I continue to feel votes were stolen to Favor Walker via electronic means....

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
8. Sometimes states can have strange voting patterns
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 09:16 PM
Apr 2015

Like this:
In 1968, Arkansas voted for
1) a progressive Republican for governor (Winthrop Rockefeller)
2) a liberal "dove" Democrat for US Senate (J. William Fulbright)
3) a segregationist for President (George Wallace)

 

MillennialDem

(2,367 posts)
17. It's called midterm elections. Wisconsin has a super liberal college town in
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 09:40 PM
Apr 2015

Madison (to an extent Milwaukee as well which has a lot of minorities that are essentially 21st century sugregated) and a bunch of grouchy old racists in the suburban WOW counties.

The deep suburbs / rural areas / farmers are more 50-50 split.

The grouchy old racists in the WOW counties vote in EVERY ELECTION. Midterm Wisconsin is like Kansas.

When the college kids and minorities vote in general elections, it is more reflective of an upper midwest / new england / west coast voting pattern.

mountain grammy

(26,661 posts)
9. I really don't want to believe all this, but I do..
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 09:16 PM
Apr 2015

Walker's election and re-election never did make sense. The fix was in. He'll be president.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
12. As we learned back when BBV was the story...you gotta win bigger than 5%
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 09:29 PM
Apr 2015

to be outside the realm of election theft.

If you look at ALL of Walker's wins here, a swing of just 3% is enough for the election to go the other way.

And there is evidence of it in other states at multiple levels of government


a kennedy

(29,728 posts)
14. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NONO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 09:35 PM
Apr 2015

If he get the presidency I WILL MOVE TO IRELAND, I PROMISE. I'm gone if he gets it.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
13. And it was confirmed independently by another statistician just weeks ago
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 09:30 PM
Apr 2015

IIRC she was from somewhere in Nebraska

mountain grammy

(26,661 posts)
15. But Wisconsin also elected a majority of Republicans
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 09:35 PM
Apr 2015

to the legislature. I don't see any mention of legislature elections in the article.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
19. this state is reddish purple, large population areas except Green Bay
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 09:45 PM
Apr 2015

lean democratic. In statewide elections, during general election years when urban voter turnout is stronger, dems do better. It's why WI has gone blue in presidential elections for 30 years.

dems, in general, here are pretty worn down on pro-corporate / anti-labor dems. I'm not at all sure it can go blue without something different in the offing


Feingold -is- different, he's not pro-corporate, if he comes in it may lift dems.

 

Pharaoh

(8,209 posts)
21. gerrymandering
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 09:48 PM
Apr 2015
http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/02/11968/wisconsins-shameful-gerrymander-2012

http://scottwalkerwatch.com/category/gerrymandering/

It’s been well documented where 2012 was the year of gerrymandering where Republicans on a national scale used secretive partisan re-drawing of district boundaries to turn elections where, even though Democrats received 1.4 million more votes in House of Representatives races, Republicans gained control of the House by a 234

mountain grammy

(26,661 posts)
10. Nothing would make me happier than seeing Russ Feingold back in the Senate.
Thu Apr 16, 2015, 09:17 PM
Apr 2015

One of the really good ones.

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