Crunching the Numbers in Wisconsin

By John McCormack
Published August 10, 2011 7:01pm ET
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Crunching the Numbers in Wisconsin
Michael Barone takes a look at the recall election returns and concludes: these results show Republicans about as strong as they were in 2010, when Republican Scott Walker was elected governor by a 52%-46% margin, and they show Democrats weaker than they were in 2008, when Barack Obama carried Wisconsin 56%-42%.  Barone is correct. In […]

Michael Barone takes a look at the recall election returns and concludes:

these results show Republicans about as strong as they were in 2010, when Republican Scott Walker was elected governor by a 52%-46% margin, and they show Democrats weaker than they were in 2008, when Barack Obama carried Wisconsin 56%-42%. 

Barone is correct. In 2010, Scott Walker won statewide with 52.3 percent of the vote, while winning these six swing districts, on average, with 55.7 percent of the vote. 

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