Money & Politics Column
$45 a vote, and for what?
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Now that Wisconsin’s summer bout of recall madness has ended, let’s run the numbers.
2010 elections
Youth voters, Dane County may narrow state’s ‘enthusiasm gap’
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President Barack Obama’s visit to Madison last week could reap several strategic benefits for Democrats.
Elections
Wisconsin voter turnout patterns shift, creating tough landscape for Republicans in governor’s race
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Republicans hoping to reclaim the governor’s office in next year’s election will have to overcome shifting patterns of voter turnout. More than two-thirds of the counties that handed victories to Republican President George Bush in 2004 shifted to support Democrat Barack Obama last year, data and interviews show.