If you check out the vote vallites of the August 11th Wisconsin primaries, as Retiring Guy has been doing, you'll find that the Democrats have a big advantage in enthusiasm, especially in the state's most populous counties.
Headline: Wisconsin State Journal, 10/21/2026
Mitchell Schmidt reports:
Despite the considerable jump in early voting, the total number of returned absentee ballots — which includes those cast early in person and those mailed in — still lags behind 2022, when the state held its last gubernatorial election.
A total of 257,777 absentee ballots have been returned as of Wednesday, compared with 305,453 returned by this time in 2022, marking a 15.6% decrease. T
otal absentee ballot requests are also down. Just over 435,000 total ballots have been requested for the Nov. 3 election, or nearly 15% fewer than the more than 510,000 requested at this time in 2022.
Local election officials have said the drop in mail-in absentee ballots can be attributed to declining trust in the Postal Service’s ability to return the ballots in a timely manner and people’s preference for in-person absentee voting. Mail-in voting also continues to shift downward as the state moves further beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in a sharp increase in mail-in voting.
And if you don't agree with the categorization of Ozaukee County as "purple", take a look here.
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Long lines at first day of voting in Polk County Iowa: Good news for Rob Sand, Josh Turek, and Sarah Trone Garriott; bad news for Zach Lahn, Ashley Hinson, and Zach Nunn. (10/16/2026)
How can someone report on drop in absentee ballot requests compared to 2022 and not mention "Covid" and/or "pandemic"? (10/10/2026)
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