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While the President of the United States, his campaign, and some of the Milwaukee conservative talk radio hosts like WISN’s Dan O’Donnell and Vicki McKenna are spinning tales of vote fraud, the people that actually crunch the numbers have a different story to tell.
While convictions may be difficult to achieve, election experts say the circumstances were ripe for gaming the 2020 presidential election.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. The ugly truth is that a fair number of Republican leaders in Wisconsin are giddy over the state’s election results. They
Kaplan interviews Bill Melms, chief medical officer, Marshfield Clinic.
Most conversations about systemic racism center the stories of the harms to people of color while ignoring that White people benefit tremendously from it. This is a tough pill to swallow.
Voters in 11 more counties, plus three municipalities, overwhelmingly approved the advisory referendums calling for independent, nonpartisan redistricting.
The latest word salad from Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson is another example of what is terribly wrong with the Republican Party, at a time when there must be a higher appreciation for the needs of the nation.
In the aftermath of the 2020 election, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider why the blue wave or a veto-proof Legislature did not happen.
Though Trump improved on his totals from 2016, especially in Florida, it doesn’t appear to be enough to give him the presidency.
Under President Trump’s leadership, the administration worked swiftly with bipartisan members of Congress to enact generous unemployment insurance programs through the CARES Act. Unfortunately for Wisconsinites, however, the administration’s efforts have been hindered by inaction from those in Madison.
Instead of taking wide-ranging actions that do not consider whether businesses are doing what they need to do in order to control the spread of the virus before swiftly shutting them down, Gov. Evers and other leaders should take a more fine-tuned approach that identifies actual sources of outbreaks and addresses them directly.
The Capital Times is credited in the Oxford online dictionary with publication of the word “malarkey” as far back as 1924.
Even if an obsessive focus on the antidemocratic Electoral College obscures the public’s rejection of Trump, the popular vote has in fact rebuked the president.
Beyond the vote totals, there were so many other winners and losers.
The bipartisan body tasked with administering elections has instead spent the past year tilting the scales for Joe Biden.
The aftermath of the Tuesday election continues to paint Wisconsin bright purple. It continues to be the ultimate swing state.
Despite enough legislative victories to stave off Republican supermajorities, Wisconsin state Democrats had a fairly lackluster Election Day.
We were once again the victim of high expectations, but if you take the long view, things aren’t as bad as they seem.
Going forward, my political party can prosper from the policy prescriptions of Donald Trump without his maddening, unpredictable solar eruptions.
Raising the minimum wage is an overly simplistic way to make housing more affordable for low-income people.
While the President of the United States, his campaign, and some of the Milwaukee conservative talk radio hosts like WISN’s Dan O’Donnell and Vicki McKenna are spinning tales of vote fraud, the people that actually crunch the numbers have a different story to tell.
While convictions may be difficult to achieve, election experts say the circumstances were ripe for gaming the 2020 presidential election.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. The ugly truth is that a fair number of Republican leaders in Wisconsin are giddy over the state’s election results. They
Kaplan interviews Bill Melms, chief medical officer, Marshfield Clinic.
Most conversations about systemic racism center the stories of the harms to people of color while ignoring that White people benefit tremendously from it. This is a tough pill to swallow.
Voters in 11 more counties, plus three municipalities, overwhelmingly approved the advisory referendums calling for independent, nonpartisan redistricting.
The latest word salad from Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson is another example of what is terribly wrong with the Republican Party, at a time when there must be a higher appreciation for the needs of the nation.
In the aftermath of the 2020 election, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider why the blue wave or a veto-proof Legislature did not happen.
Though Trump improved on his totals from 2016, especially in Florida, it doesn’t appear to be enough to give him the presidency.
Under President Trump’s leadership, the administration worked swiftly with bipartisan members of Congress to enact generous unemployment insurance programs through the CARES Act. Unfortunately for Wisconsinites, however, the administration’s efforts have been hindered by inaction from those in Madison.
Instead of taking wide-ranging actions that do not consider whether businesses are doing what they need to do in order to control the spread of the virus before swiftly shutting them down, Gov. Evers and other leaders should take a more fine-tuned approach that identifies actual sources of outbreaks and addresses them directly.
The Capital Times is credited in the Oxford online dictionary with publication of the word “malarkey” as far back as 1924.
Even if an obsessive focus on the antidemocratic Electoral College obscures the public’s rejection of Trump, the popular vote has in fact rebuked the president.
Beyond the vote totals, there were so many other winners and losers.
The bipartisan body tasked with administering elections has instead spent the past year tilting the scales for Joe Biden.
The aftermath of the Tuesday election continues to paint Wisconsin bright purple. It continues to be the ultimate swing state.
Despite enough legislative victories to stave off Republican supermajorities, Wisconsin state Democrats had a fairly lackluster Election Day.
We were once again the victim of high expectations, but if you take the long view, things aren’t as bad as they seem.
Going forward, my political party can prosper from the policy prescriptions of Donald Trump without his maddening, unpredictable solar eruptions.
Raising the minimum wage is an overly simplistic way to make housing more affordable for low-income people.
