Scott Walker recall goes live

[Seattle]

What's up with Racine county? They've still only updated 23/66 precincts and its holding up that last senate race....

[Progressive Realist]

Oh well. Better luck in November for the Democrats!

[AmericanNation]

Axelrod and DNC Chair Wasserman Schultz both say despite the results of #WIrecall, the vote sent a message to Scott Walker... That message? "You rock, keep at it."

Also, Bad night at Agincourt. British really need to regroup.

PS, is anyone working on a map?

[Lief]

Yeah, I'm starting to notice you have a serious problem with admitting when you're wrong. Good luck with that.

I realized a while ago that you were a pretty worthless poster, so don't worry about it.

[Seattle]

Looks like Walker wins Eau Claire by about 200 votes.

Both Portage and La Crosse are still to close to call, but Barrett is leading in both.
Columbia is also sorta too close to call, but Walker probably won there.

Racine just hasn't bothered to report further results, but I suspect Walker wins there too.

[Jayhawker]

We now have concrete evidence to prove PPP has a Democratic lean this cycle. Its good to have my suspicions confirmed.

[philly09]

Looks like Walker wins Eau Claire by about 200 votes.

Both Portage and La Crosse are still to close to call, but Barrett is leading in both.
Columbia is also sorta too close to call, but Walker probably won there.

Racine just hasn't bothered to report further results, but I suspect Walker wins there too.

Nope, Columbia County has gone for Barrett.

[Seattle]

Looks like Walker wins Eau Claire by about 200 votes.

Both Portage and La Crosse are still to close to call, but Barrett is leading in both.
Columbia is also sorta too close to call, but Walker probably won there.

Racine just hasn't bothered to report further results, but I suspect Walker wins there too.

Nope, Columbia County has gone for Barrett.

Just saw that. It hadn't reported those 5 final precincts yet when I posted. I think Barrett will pull out in both Portage and La Crosse.

[philly09]

Looks like Walker wins Eau Claire by about 200 votes.

Both Portage and La Crosse are still to close to call, but Barrett is leading in both.
Columbia is also sorta too close to call, but Walker probably won there.

Racine just hasn't bothered to report further results, but I suspect Walker wins there too.

Nope, Columbia County has gone for Barrett.

Just saw that. It hadn't reported those 5 final precincts yet when I posted. I think Barrett will pull out in both Portage and La Crosse.

Portage has gone for Barrett with 100% reporting

[Seattle]

philly08, you keep on beating me by a couple seconds! lol. Yeah.

[Nichlemn]

I wonder if this year's "Good news for John McCain" meme will be "Bad news for Mitt Romney"? I also recall that Romney's "underwhelming" primary wins were apparently very bad news for him.

[cinyc]

What's up with Racine county? They've still only updated 23/66 precincts and its holding up that last senate race....

Not sure. But Walker is winning 63-37% there, with 35% of precincts reporting. That's much better than the 56-43% margin he won Racine by in 2010.

The city of Racine separately reports results, which aren't always quickly integrated into the county's spreadsheet or AP tally.  The city leans Democratic.  The rest of the county leads Republican.  So if Walker's up by that much, it's safe to assume that the AP results are light on the city of Racine.

[philly09]

Anybody else getting suspicious about Racine County's vote counters/

[All life is a blur of Republicans and meat.]

Walker leads 53%-46% now with 97% of the vote in. This is basically 2010 all over again.

[Seattle]

Anybody else getting suspicious about Racine County's vote counters/

No, just annoyed.

[philly09]

Why is it that Barrett is winning the counties Obama lost in '08, and Walker is winning the counties that Obama won in '08?

[Grad Students are the Worst]

Why is it that Barrett is winning the counties Obama lost in '08, and Walker is winning the counties that Obama won in '08?

This web site uses red for Democrats and blue for Republicans.

[philly09]

Why is it that Barrett is winning the counties Obama lost in '08, and Walker is winning the counties that Obama won in '08?

This web site uses red for Democrats and blue for Republicans.

Walker still won La Crosse in 2010, and he's winning Green.

[cinyc]

Anybody else getting suspicious about Racine County's vote counters/

No, and I explained why in my previous post.  AP isn't integrating the Racine city and Racine county results well.

Racine city is 81% in.  Barrett leads Walker there 13596 to 7307.   The Republican incumbent in the Racine city portion of SD-21 is down 7056 to 13742.

In the rest of Racine County, Walker leads Barrett 25819 to 15002.   The Republican incumbent in the Racine county portion of SD-21 leads 16399 to 10775.  What percentage is out is hard to tell because of the way the county reports results.

So by my math, Walker leads Barrett 33126 to 28598.  AP is only showing about 50,000 votes.  The Republican incumbent in SD-21 is trailing by about 1,000 votes.

[Grad Students are the Worst]

Why is it that Barrett is winning the counties Obama lost in '08, and Walker is winning the counties that Obama won in '08?

This web site uses red for Democrats and blue for Republicans.

Walker still won La Crosse in 2010, and he's winning Green.

Yeah, Walker lost ground in a handful of counties.  I'm not sure what this has to do with Obama, or why Green is remarkable.  Sorry if I'm failing comprehension here...

[philly09]

Still Walker is taking a lot of the counties that Obama won in 2008.

[Lief]

Still Walker is taking a lot of the counties that Obama won in 2008.

A ~25% swing will do that.

[Grad Students are the Worst]

Still Walker is taking a lot of the counties that Obama won in 2008.

...That tends to be what happens when you compare a Democrat +14% election to a Republican +7% one.

[philly09]

Still Walker is taking a lot of the counties that Obama won in 2008.

...That tends to be what happens when you compare a Democrat +14% election to a Republican +7% one.

Does that mean that the Wisconsinites prefer R's at the state/local level and D's at the National/Federal level?

[Nichlemn]

Still Walker is taking a lot of the counties that Obama won in 2008.

...That tends to be what happens when you compare a Democrat +14% election to a Republican +7% one.

Does that mean that the Wisconsinites prefer R's at the state/local level and D's at the National/Federal level?

No, not really. It's only two elections in different climates with different candidates. For instance, Jim Doyle won by larger margins than Kerry or Gore.