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On this week’s episode, WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross discuss election results, the Trump campaign’s call for a recount, the state’s skyrocketing COVID-19 cases and more.
In the closing days of the race, polls showed Biden headed for a comfortable victory with most having him above 50 percent. Surveys were less frequent in 2016, when Hillary Clinton also was seen to be on track for beating Trump. Biden won. Clinton lost. But Biden’s advantage of 0.6 percent is a far cry from the margin suggested by the many polls.
The state’s top election official clarified poll workers are allowed to fix some mistakes made by absentee voters as the Trump campaign charges officials in Milwaukee County “tainted” an estimated 15 percent of absentee ballots. Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien
The Trump campaign will have to pre-pay the estimated cost of a recount before that process can begin, says Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe. And she added that payment must be received within a day of the last of the
Check out the slideshow below for images from around Wisconsin on Election Day. [slide-anything id=”114525″]… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is
The Associated Press has called Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes for Joe Biden, putting a key state in the vice president’s column in a presidential race being decided by razor-thin margins in multiple states. The AP and CNN both called Wisconsin
The Trump campaign says it will “immediately” seek a recount in Wisconsin, citing “irregularities in several Wisconsin counties” that raise doubt about the validity of the results. “Despite ridiculous public polling used as a voter suppression tactic, Wisconsin has been
Joe Biden’s campaign says it believes Wisconsin can be called for the former VP “this morning.” In a morning briefing, campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon told listeners President Trump would need around four times the total of still outstanding votes
The presidential race in Wisconsin was once again on the razor’s edge as late absentee ballot counts nudged Joe Biden into the lead over President Donald Trump. With all but two of the state’s 3,689 precincts reporting results, Biden had
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, declared victory this morning after a closer-than-expected race with former Navy SEAL Derrick Van Orden. With 99.34 percent of the vote tallied, Kind led Van Orden by 11,448 votes. Dem sources told WisPolitics.com ahead
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Claire Woodall-Vogg predict workers will be counting ballots until about 4 a.m. Wednesday.
WEST ALLIS – Voters in Milwaukee County’s West Allis faced long lines to access at least two of the city’s polling places as the polls closed on Election Day.
As of 8 p.m. the polls are now closed across Wisconsin, although voters who were in line at closing will still get the chance to vote. In the past five elections in Wisconsin, only two — Democrat Barack Obama’s wins
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett predicts voter turnout in his city to surpass 2016 numbers, but said it’s still too early to tell if the city will reach 2012 election turnout numbers. “My intuition is that we will surpass 2016, I
Madison had already seen nearly 80 percent turnout of registered voters by early afternoon. According to the 2 p.m. update from the city clerk’s office, 29,601 people had voted at the polls. That’s in addition to the 121,210 Madison voters
As the polls open this morning, the state’s top election official says she expects “a smooth day.” “I’m glad to report as we kick it off that we have no issues that have been reported so far to us about
KENOSHA — President Trump proclaimed he brought “law and order to Kenosha” as he returned to the southeastern Wisconsin city for the first time since touring the damage left by violent protests that followed the police shooting of a Black
A Republican strategist said the GOP believes the race for president in Wisconsin is closer than polls show, while a Democratic strategist said it appears Wisconsin is ready to “fire” President Trump. “The intensity that is felt on the Republican
There were still more than 174,000 outstanding absentee ballots as of the latest update from the state Elections Commission with voters facing an 8 p.m. deadline tomorrow to get them back in the hands of local clerks. According to this
President Trump returns to Wisconsin today for his 10th visit of 2020 on the heels of three new polls that showed him trailing Joe Biden among likely state voters. The latest New York Times/Siena College poll, released yesterday, found 52
On this week’s episode, WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross discuss election results, the Trump campaign’s call for a recount, the state’s skyrocketing COVID-19 cases and more.
In the closing days of the race, polls showed Biden headed for a comfortable victory with most having him above 50 percent. Surveys were less frequent in 2016, when Hillary Clinton also was seen to be on track for beating Trump. Biden won. Clinton lost. But Biden’s advantage of 0.6 percent is a far cry from the margin suggested by the many polls.
The state’s top election official clarified poll workers are allowed to fix some mistakes made by absentee voters as the Trump campaign charges officials in Milwaukee County “tainted” an estimated 15 percent of absentee ballots. Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien in a statement Wednesday cited “reports of irregularities in several
The Trump campaign will have to pre-pay the estimated cost of a recount before that process can begin, says Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe. And she added that payment must be received within a day of the last of the state’s 72 counties turning over its canvass to the state.
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The Associated Press has called Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes for Joe Biden, putting a key state in the vice president’s column in a presidential race being decided by razor-thin margins in multiple states. The AP and CNN both called Wisconsin for Biden not long after the Trump campaign said it
The Trump campaign says it will “immediately” seek a recount in Wisconsin, citing “irregularities in several Wisconsin counties” that raise doubt about the validity of the results. “Despite ridiculous public polling used as a voter suppression tactic, Wisconsin has been a razor thin race as we always knew that it
Joe Biden’s campaign says it believes Wisconsin can be called for the former VP “this morning.” In a morning briefing, campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon told listeners President Trump would need around four times the total of still outstanding votes in the state in order to overtake Biden’s lead. The
The presidential race in Wisconsin was once again on the razor’s edge as late absentee ballot counts nudged Joe Biden into the lead over President Donald Trump. With all but two of the state’s 3,689 precincts reporting results, Biden had a 20,748-vote edge. Trump held a lead of some 100,000
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, declared victory this morning after a closer-than-expected race with former Navy SEAL Derrick Van Orden. With 99.34 percent of the vote tallied, Kind led Van Orden by 11,448 votes. Dem sources told WisPolitics.com ahead of Kind’s declaration only two jurisdictions still have outstanding votes:
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Claire Woodall-Vogg predict workers will be counting ballots until about 4 a.m. Wednesday.
WEST ALLIS – Voters in Milwaukee County’s West Allis faced long lines to access at least two of the city’s polling places as the polls closed on Election Day.
As of 8 p.m. the polls are now closed across Wisconsin, although voters who were in line at closing will still get the chance to vote. In the past five elections in Wisconsin, only two — Democrat Barack Obama’s wins in 2008 and 2012 — were called before midnight. In
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett predicts voter turnout in his city to surpass 2016 numbers, but said it’s still too early to tell if the city will reach 2012 election turnout numbers. “My intuition is that we will surpass 2016, I don’t know if we will reach the 2012 numbers,” Barrett
Madison had already seen nearly 80 percent turnout of registered voters by early afternoon. According to the 2 p.m. update from the city clerk’s office, 29,601 people had voted at the polls. That’s in addition to the 121,210 Madison voters who had been reporting as returning their absentee ballots as
As the polls open this morning, the state’s top election official says she expects “a smooth day.” “I’m glad to report as we kick it off that we have no issues that have been reported so far to us about opening the polls or any issues as clerks are preparing
KENOSHA — President Trump proclaimed he brought “law and order to Kenosha” as he returned to the southeastern Wisconsin city for the first time since touring the damage left by violent protests that followed the police shooting of a Black man. As he has in past rallies, Trump falsely claimed
A Republican strategist said the GOP believes the race for president in Wisconsin is closer than polls show, while a Democratic strategist said it appears Wisconsin is ready to “fire” President Trump. “The intensity that is felt on the Republican side for President Trump is very, very strong,” said Brian
There were still more than 174,000 outstanding absentee ballots as of the latest update from the state Elections Commission with voters facing an 8 p.m. deadline tomorrow to get them back in the hands of local clerks. According to this morning’s update, nearly 1.9 million ballots have been returned out
President Trump returns to Wisconsin today for his 10th visit of 2020 on the heels of three new polls that showed him trailing Joe Biden among likely state voters. The latest New York Times/Siena College poll, released yesterday, found 52 percent of likely voters backing Biden, compared to 41 percent