Did More Than 100,000 Republicans Cross Over to Vote in Democratic Primary?
A closer look at the numbers in Tuesday recall primary indicates that many Republicans cast ballots in Democratic race for governor. If that's true, GOP turnout was much larger than it appears.
There were 614,511 ballots cast in the Republican primary for governor in 2010. That was a contested race between then Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and former Congressman Mark Neumann. Walker, running nearly unopposed in Tuesday’s recall, received 626,538 votes. That’s nearly a 2 percent increase in Republican voters from 2010, despite just token opposition for Walker, and does not include crossover votes of Republicans voting in the Democratic primary (most likely for Kathleen Falk). To put the Republican turnout in perspective, Walker’s 626,538 vote total was equal to 91.4% of the total votes cast for all of the Democratic candidates and the Democratic protest candidate running as a Republican. In 2010, Milwaukee Mayor Tom …
Common Sense Conservative
12:08 am on Saturday, May 19, 2012
I love it!!! In 2010 there were 614,511 total ballots cast in the Republican primary for governor. That was a contested race between then Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and former Congressman Mark Neumann. Walker, running unopposed in Tuesday’s recall, received 626,538 votes. This was more than Barrett and Falk's vote totals combined. The silent majority will rise up to win once again! more ›