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StClone

(11,695 posts)
Tue Oct 25, 2022, 03:33 PM Oct 2022

Wisconsin Became the GOP's Laboratory for Dismantling Democracy

Carl Rove once said, "to destroy Democrats you put all your efforts to down their strongest institutions and the rest will fall." So in that regard, Wisconsin is special. So Wisconsinites do you feel special? Well we are...

...GOP-leaning seats in the state assembly has [sic] increased from 61 to 63 out of 99 and from 21 to 23 out of 33 seats in the state senate. Democrats would have to win the statewide vote by 12 points just to get to 50 seats in the assembly, according to calculations by Marquette University Law School research fellow John Johnson, while Republicans could garner a majority with just 44 percent of votes...


Mother Jones article: How Wisconsin Became the GOP’s Laboratory for Dismantling Democracy
Republicans are trying to make state politics voter-proof. If they prevail, the next coup attempt may well succeed.

Ari Berman

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/10/wisconsin-2022-midterms-gerrymandering-redistricting-evers-michels/
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Wisconsin Became the GOP's Laboratory for Dismantling Democracy (Original Post) StClone Oct 2022 OP
We tried to recall Walker... We got no help from DNC LakeArenal Oct 2022 #1
+1 2naSalit Oct 2022 #2

LakeArenal

(28,909 posts)
1. We tried to recall Walker... We got no help from DNC
Tue Oct 25, 2022, 03:55 PM
Oct 2022

We told the world Kochsuckers wouldn’t stop with WI. They didn’t.



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