Scott Walker: Election Vote Totals

Scott Walker won his recall race going away.  I though it would be much closer than it actually was, but am happy to be wrong in this case.  However, I do find it interesting that that vote total for Barrett was as close to the signature total in the recall petition:

Total Signatures:  900,938

Total Barrett Votes: 1,162,785

Mr. Barrett didn’t get that many more votes for governor than he did signatures for the recall.

Weird.

4 responses to “Scott Walker: Election Vote Totals

  1. Well the Walker opponents may have been more passionate, though apparently less numerous than the Walker supporters.

    • Well the Walker opponents may have been more passionate, though apparently less numerous than the Walker supporters.

      I think another explanation might be that folks in Wisconsin didn’t like the idea of a recall. That process is supposed to be used for ethic lapses, corruption or other non-legislative cases. For example, there are folks who would vote AGAINST Walker in his re-election bid but voted FOR him in his recall.

  2. A pol’s term is like a contract, you need a specific event of default to terminate before the normal span of years.

    • A pol’s term is like a contract, you need a specific event of default to terminate before the normal span of years.

      Yup. And that is why Wisconsin kept him.

      By the way, this is why I don’t think that the Badger State is in play this fall. It’s still very blue.

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