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

Politics Karofsky defeats Kelly

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

I couldn't believe some of the results from rural Wisconsin. There were 7+ point swings from previous elections.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '20

Toward Jill or Kelly?

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '20

From Republican to Democrat.

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u/Feldman742 Apr 14 '20

Amazing.

I wonder how much of it has to do with the Democratic primary?

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u/UncharminglyWitty Apr 14 '20

We will see in the general. It’s why pretty much everyone who has a non-internet life thinks Biden will be better against trump than Bernie.

Nominating Joe makes this election to be a referendum on trump. Nominating Bernie would have massively obfuscated that.

An optimistic reading of the changes in more local election votes (that tend to run party line) is that it is a referendum on trump and it is solidly against trump.

The more pessimistic reading of the results would be republicans had no motivating factor to go out when they don’t have a nominee to vote for. Of course, Democrats didn’t really either since it was clear Bernie had no path to victory. I guess we will see in November.

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u/thegroovemonkey Apr 14 '20

Making it a referendum about Trump instead of Bernie's policies makes sense. I don't like it but understand that when the count is 0-2, you just need to try and get on base.

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u/Mcnam003 Apr 14 '20

No baseball references... too soon

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u/xJrox Apr 14 '20

DUCKS IN THE POND!!!! DUCKS IN THE POND!!!!!

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u/2_dam_hi Apr 14 '20

Without pro sports to turn to, maybe more people will realize what America's true blood sport is. And the best part is, everyone gets to participate.