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The 2011 Wisconsin Spring Primary was held February 15, 2011. [1] 2011 also saw the first set of recall elections incited by Governor Scott Walker's controversial 2011 Wisconsin Act 10, which stripped public employee unions of their collective bargaining rights. Nine state senators faced recall in the Summer of 2011, with two Republican seats ...
Since 1988, Wisconsin has leaned towards the Democratic Party in presidential elections, although Republican Donald Trump won the state by a margin of 0.77 percentage points. Wisconsin is tied with Michigan and Pennsylvania for the longest active streak of voting for the winning candidate, last voting for a losing candidate in 2004.
However, Obama took a wide lead in the polls in Wisconsin in the final weeks before the election and many pundits and news organizations labeled the state as a safe blue state. [ 21 ] Obama won Wisconsin by a comfortable 13.91% margin of victory.
Lessons from Election 2011 "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year; 2011 state legislative elections on Ballotpedia; 2011 ballot measures and potential 2011 ballot measures on ...
Turnout in Wisconsin's election Tuesday was the highest in 60 years for a presidential year partisan primary, with over 26% of the state's voting-age population casting ballots, based on ...
Wisconsin has a spring primary election Tuesday, held to narrow down candidates for local offices, like city councils and school boards. You won't see presidential candidates on the ballot — the ...
The bipartisan state Presidential Preference Selection Committee met for about six minutes Tuesday morning to name candidates for the primary ballot. Wisconsin's primary ballot is now set. Unlike ...
The 2012 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary took place on April 3, 2012, [5] [6] the same day as the primaries in the District of Columbia and Maryland. Mitt Romney edged out a victory, with 44.03% of the vote and 33 delegates, with former Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania coming in second with 36.83% of the vote and 9 delegates.