tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post6828622533606011888..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Brookfield Falls To Prosser Forces Again, Kloppenburg To Mount Defense At Cities of Speculation And ConjectureWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-45643234933152990352011-05-09T12:00:27.677-04:002011-05-09T12:00:27.677-04:00@Dave,
Over time there have been rather consiste...<b>@Dave</b>, <br /><br />Over time there have been rather consistent voting patterns in the City of Brookfield, and Waukesha County, ones that match quite convincingly with the vote in this race. There is no reason at all to suspect there may have been any ballot stuffing whatsoever. For example, the <b>Journal Sentinel</b> reported that the county drop-off rate compared to last year's turnout for the gubernatorial vote in heavily Republican counties, was quite consistent with statewide numbers, <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/119442229.html" rel="nofollow">but only once the corrected Brookfield numbers were included</a>. Also, those numerical results were reported on election night to Huffington Post & AOL . . . just not to AP. It was a mistake, not a conspiracy.<br /><br />Brookfield, a City of just over 39,000 residents, is <a href="http://www.city-data.com/city/Brookfield-Wisconsin.html" rel="nofollow">a stable and very strongly Republican community</a>. Just under ¾ of all households in the city contain married couples living together. Over 80% of all households are family households. Brookfield is the primary commercial suburb of Milwaukee, and many of these folks are manufacturers, professionals, or retail trade business owners. Home values have remained relatively stable during the recession. The median household and family incomes in Brookfield are comparatively high, as is the per capita income. The unemployment rate there is comparatively low, as is the crime rate across the board. Also, a very low percentage of people living in Brookfield are living on incomes that are below the poverty line. <br /><br />Fully 2/3 of the residents are affiliated with a religious congregation, and over half of those in Brookfield are Roman Catholic.<br /><br />Brookfield residents are also well educated folks, with half of its residents holding a bachelor’s degree or higher – about double the statewide average for the State of Wisconsin. <br /><br />Though it is 10 miles west of Milwaukee and technically a part of the greater Milwaukee metropolitan area, the City of Brookfield it is not dominated by Milwaukee politics, for one reason because it is located in the separate County of Waukesha, a strongly Republican county. <br /><br />Brookfield consists of suburban and exurban areas to the west of the older urban center of Milwaukee. Even in the <a href="http://elections.state.wi.us/docview.asp?docid=15385&locid=47" rel="nofollow">Presidential Election of 2008 in Wisconsin</a> in which Barack Obama got a little over 56% of the vote statewide, nevertheless 63% of the voters in Waukesha County pulled the lever for John McCain. The percentage of those voting for a more conservative George Bush in 2004 in Waukesha County, was even higher.Trochilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661310034696479920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-85317957384655237612011-05-08T21:51:20.973-04:002011-05-08T21:51:20.973-04:00another thought.. that ballot box was obviously st...another thought.. that ballot box was obviously stuffed on election day and before the results were noted..either way we all lose?Dave Ellringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735143011701300631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-52620432304817533142011-05-08T13:53:42.870-04:002011-05-08T13:53:42.870-04:00"Love means never having to say you're so..."Love means never having to say you're sorry." In this case perpetual, diabolical accusation means never having to face up to consequences, liability, cost and repercussions. It is enshrined in statute law, case law, academia, policy statements and of course our condescening yet compassionate media. Well said Insuffienctly Sensitive, whose moniker I admire.dmurrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701970257321622149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-80879484637464045802011-05-08T13:42:54.986-04:002011-05-08T13:42:54.986-04:001. And, Insufficiently Sensitive, it's time th...1. And, Insufficiently Sensitive, it's time that Wisconsin Democrats stopped frightening off businesses that are planning to leave Illinois.<br /><br />2. Bill, thank you for your sustained coverage of this significant race. It's all too easy to lose track of stories which one had intended to follow to their conclusion. We've gone from thirsting for information to drowning in it.gshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953008291916883288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-4194736359587686972011-05-08T13:03:16.012-04:002011-05-08T13:03:16.012-04:00It's time the Wisconsin legislature sent the D...It's time the Wisconsin legislature sent the Democrat Party a bill for the entire cost of this desperate attempt to overturn an election.Insufficiently Sensitivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10285845812788767014noreply@blogger.com