Heading into Tuesday's presidential election, Democratic insiders were feeling a bit more confident about their party's chances than their Republican counterparts, according to the results of Patch's final "Blue Wisconsin" and "Red Wisconsin" surveys.
The surveys of party activists, elected officials and bloggers and other "influencers" showed 95 percent of the Democrats believe that President Barack Obama will carry Wisconsin and 92 percent say he will win the national popular vote.
Among Republicans insiders, 70 percent said GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney will win Wisconsin, and 88 percent said he will take the national vote.
2012 ELECTION RESULTS
All results shown here are statewide totals. Winners appear in bold.
LAST UPDATE: 1:24 p.m. Wednesday
Race Pct. reporting Democratic Candidates Results Republican Candidates Results President99 %
Obama-Biden (I)
1,606,514 Romney-Ryan 1,404,950U.S. Senate 99 % Tammy Baldwin 1,537,138 Tommy Thompson 1,372,485 1st Congressional District
100 % Rob Zerban 157,721 Paul Ryan (I)
199,715 2nd Congressional District 100 % Mark Pocan
264,790
Chad Lee
124,465 3rd Congressional District 100 % Ron Kind (I)
217,335 Ray Boland
121,636 4th Congressional District
98 % Gwen Moore (I) 228,534
Dan Sebring
76,077 5th Congressional District
100 % Dave Heaster
117,972
Jim Sensenbrenner (I)
249,267
6th Congressional District 100 % Joe Kallas 136,146
Tom Petri (I) 223,514 7th Congressional District 100 % Pat Kreitlow 158,032
Sean Duffy (I) 202,173 8th Congressional District 100 % Jamie Wall 156,371 Reid Ribble (I)
198,464
Source: FOX6 News
Good for you - Hoffa still says that Lyle should have run in that race!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo4glASbEh4 It never gets old...
(although: who knows; you may have had to work on that, but my bet is it just flowed through your fingers to the keyboard) To everyone else: Please don't forget to vote.You have plenty of time, if you haven't gotten to your poling place yet. Yes, you know who I prefer: for me it's the morals and ethics. Ayn Rand to me, a disciple of Augustine, Aristotle, Plato, and JS Eriugena: there is not choice other than Obama. Go vote.
Sarcasm aside, if you really believe that third party candidates do not have a chance then you have to admit that we do not really have democracy in this country. Then ask yourself why you continue to support a party that stacks the deck against choice, especially at the Presidential level? When the media buys into that argument it becomes self fulfilling. The myth that the results of the 2000 or 2004 elections were the fault of Nader is perpetuated to continue to own your vote.