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Wisconsin

Jimbo S

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2. The numbers are true, but a little misleading

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Nov 3, 2021, 09:56 PM

Nov 2021

Since 30 D's ran unopposed and only 9 R's in 2018.

60 Assembly seats were contested. R's got 57.7% of those votes, but won 90% of the seats. The where the focus should be, but doesn't make for a good sound bite. Fair maps would yield 25 Dem seats and 35 GOP seats.

So the Democrats should have 30 (unopposed) + 25 (opposed) = 55 seats, hence a 55-44 majority.

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