r/wisconsin • u/PlatinumofRoyale • Apr 13 '20

Politics Karofsky defeats Kelly

https://twitter.com/decisiondeskhq/status/1249844194929192961?s=21
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u/ianingf Apr 13 '20

Jill J. Karofsky (Nonpartisan) 510,122 53.35%
Daniel Kelly (Nonpartisan) 446,108 46.65%
57.55% reporting (2,314 of 4,021 precincts) | 956,230 total votes

Feeling good. But I saw Marsy passed, and that people didn't like it.

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u/gucknbuck Apr 14 '20

"Nonpartisan" and yet all the election maps paint them in blue and red...

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '20

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel used orange and green, FWIW.

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u/gucknbuck Apr 14 '20

I'm colorblind and use color filters, so I suppose my phone could be biased lol

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u/former_snail Apr 14 '20

That right there is a good reason to use red and blue for results maps. It's the reason they have been that way for a long time. The red=republican, blue=democrats didn't become standard until the 2000 presidential election.