Mitt Romney wins Wisconsin, but Santorum kept it close with a strong liberal tailwind.
Check out some of these results from the near east side of Madison, Wisconsin's liberal mecca, running from the Capitol to the Olbrich Botanical Garden.
Ward 40
Santorum 195
Romney 39
Ward 41
Santorum 195
Romney 48
Ward 42
Santorum 158
Romney 26
Ward 44
Santorum 125
Romney 35
Ward 45
Santorum 137
Romney 51
Ward 46
Santorum 92
Romney 38
Each of these wards overwhelmingly backed a Progressive Dane candidate for circuit court over a Democrat and went over 90% in favor of the county's collective bargaining referendum. And yet, they all love Rick Santorum.
More broadly, Santorum carried 73 of the 111 Madison wards in which ballots were cast. Romney won 37, and one ward was tied.
Anyone surprised that Santorum did better than the polls projected would do well to consider the degree to which liberals were willing to lend him a hand. I suspect if we looked elsewhere in the state we could find similar behavior, albeit with perhaps less intensity.
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The funny thing is that PPP pretty much nailed the overall state results. They also nailed the fact that Democrats were voting for Santorum in greater numbers than Republicans. One of their twitter posts about their poll from this past weekend even referenced Daily Kos's "Operation Hilarity."
Actually if you want some real fun, check out Ron Paul's numbers in those same wards. He also got a lot more votes than Romney, and even won a couple of campus wards.
I know that this Ward 41 liberal cast his ballot for Paul, a lot of my hippie Isthmus friends did as well. At least we can agree with Paul's stances on corporate oligarchy and the war, and he doesn't want to turn America into the Vatican like Santorum.
The other interesting story is just how low the turnout was, especially outside of the 262 and Madison.
I'm an Obama supporter from Milwaukee County who voted for Newt Gingrich. Obama owes Newt thanks for shining a spotlight on Romney's business practices.
Also, it's more fun to vote for a two-time adulterer than a prig.
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