32 cities in Wisconsin had a referendum today on bringing troops home now

[undeterred]

I hope we're going to be sending out a message, loud and clear.

Results will be posted here in just over an hour!

http://www.wnpj.org/homenow

[rodeodance]

1. I voted in one of those cities today and await the outcome.

[undeterred]

3. did you work on the referendum?

[ClassWarrior]

7. I circulated several petitions.

On Wisconsin! On Wisconsin! Blah-blah-blah-blah-blahhh!!!

B-)

NGU.

[undeterred]

11. Some say Madison will be a slam dunk

but we sure didn't take it for granted!

[ClassWarrior]

12. That's the way to do it.

Milwaukee was supposed to be a slam dunk too - but the Common Council had to put it on the ballot, for November.

NGU.

[zulchzulu]

23. I voted today in Madison and it seemed that it was all about the war vote

I would say that out of the thirty people who were in line or voting, I'd bet that 95% were there to vote for the Yes vote to end the war...

[zulchzulu]

24. Some results.... Madison 68% say Yes! Out Now!

http://nbc15.madison.com/elections

Troops Home Ref. Algoma

0% Reporting

YES 0 0%
NO 0 0%


Troops Home Ref. Amery

100% Reporting

YES 223 53%
NO 196 47%


Troops Home Ref. Baraboo

100% Reporting

YES 1,740 52%
NO 1,592 48%


Troops Home Ref. Casco

0% Reporting

YES 0 0%
NO 0 0%


Troops Home Ref. Draper

100% Reporting

YES 41 65%
NO 22 35%


Troops Home Ref. Edgewater

100% Reporting

YES 38 52%
NO 35 48%


Troops Home Ref. Egg Harbor

100% Reporting

YES 40 47%
NO 45 53%


Troops Home Ref. Ephraim

100% Reporting

YES 55 54%
NO 47 46%


Troops Home Ref. Evansville

0% Reporting

YES 0 0%
NO 0 0%


Troops Home Ref. Exeland

100% Reporting

YES 18 53%
NO 16 47%


Troops Home Ref. Forestville

100% Reporting

YES 59 49%
NO 61 51%


Troops Home Ref. Frederic

100% Reporting

YES 92 53%
NO 82 47%


Troops Home Ref. Hayward

100% Reporting

YES 114 47%
NO 127 53%


Troops Home Ref. Kewaunee

0% Reporting

YES 0 0%
NO 0 0%


Troops Home Ref. La Crosse

100% Reporting

YES 3,614 55%
NO 2,983 45%


Troops Home Ref. Ladysmith

100% Reporting

YES 544 53%
NO 479 47%


Troops Home Ref. Luxemburg

0% Reporting

YES 0 0%
NO 0 0%


Troops Home Ref. Madison


Yes 24,344 68%
No 11,252 32%


Troops Home Ref. Monona

100% Reporting

YES 1,864 59%
NO 1,290 41%


Troops Home Ref. Mt. Horeb

100% Reporting

YES 593 53%
NO 531 47%


Troops Home Ref Ojibwa

100% Reporting

YES 25 61%
NO 16 39%


Troops Home Ref. Osceola

0% Reporting

YES 0 0%
NO 0 0%


Troops Home Ref. Perry

0% Reporting

YES 0 0%
NO 0 0%


Troops Home Ref. Shorewood

100% Reporting

YES 1,664 70%
NO 723 30%


Troops Home Ref. Sister Bay

100% Reporting

YES 109 49%
NO 113 51%


Troops Home Ref. Sturgeon Bay

100% Reporting

YES 722 58%
NO 531 42%


Troops Home Ref. Vermont

100% Reporting

YES 190 65%
NO 101 35%


Troops Home Ref. Watertown

100% Reporting

YES 897 25%
NO 2,669 75%


Troops Home Ref. Whitefish Bay

100% Reporting

YES 1,313 54%
NO 1,115 46%


Troops Home Ref. Winter

0% Reporting

YES 0 0%
NO 0 0%

[snacker]

13. Me too. n/t

[guinivere]

2. That's the main reason I voted today.

There was only 3 school board members and 1 county board position on the ballot. All running uncontested.

[undeterred]

6. same here

and because I was voting for the referendum I took some time to look into the school board races, which I don't normally do! Amazing so many are uncontested though.

[rodeodance]

4. k and r

[DanCa]

5. I am very proud of my neighbor state.

Congrats from your in friend in Illinois

[rodeodance]

8. awaiting anxiously!

[rodeodance]

9. keep kicked

[ClassWarrior]

10. And recommended...

NGU.

[rodeodance]

14. no results posted yet.

[rodeodance]

15. k

[KitchenWitch]

16. That is great news!

Keep us posted!

[rodeodance]

19. k

[rodeodance]

17. k

[rodeodance]

18. k

[Nutmegger]

20. Send Bush Inc a message!!!

I hope this will catch on in other states.

[ClassWarrior]

21. According to dragonlady... Whitefish Bay votes YES...

...54% to 46!!! Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x844610

NGU.

[undeterred]

27. Yay!

I just came home from the Madison Troops Home Now party with some of the WNPJ people who worked so hard on this. Overall its an excellent result- it has to be read in the light of the fact that many of the small towns in WI went for Bush in '04 and they are votng for troops home by the same margins now!

[zulchzulu]

22. Watch the live coverage

http://www.c3ktogo.com/video-player.php?id=2506

The site says it is live...anywho...

[Tom Joad]

25. Fantastic. I hope Feingold starts calling for immediate withdraw.

Right now, on his website, he calls for "burden sharing"... multinational occupation. I am sure the Iraqis will be thrilled.

The message of these resolutions is "get out now". That is a clear message, and the one Americans and Iraqis want to hear.

[zulchzulu]

26. O'Reilly can call Madison a buncha anti-war Satan worshippers tomorrow

www.awolcowboy.com/mp3/Madison_Satan.mp3

Apparently, the Falafal King and Sexual Predator Deluxe made that statement a while back...guess what, Billy, we don't no stinkin' war either!

[Tom Joad]

28. President Bush & other politicians will reject the results...

They will say that no matter if the American people oppose the policy, no matter how many express their opposition to a policy based on lies and manipulation...

And no matter what the people of Iraq want!

There can be no "premature withdrawal" before the mission is accomplished!

We need to establish a beacon of demcracy and freedom in Iraq, even if we have to kill and torture every damn one of them!


:sarcasm:

[undeterred]

29. Madison 68% YES 31% NO !

:party: :party: :party:

[ClassWarrior]

30. I count 23 communities YES...

And of the 9 NO communities, 8 of them were close.

Here: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2006/by_state/WI_Page_0404.html?SITE=WIMILELN&SECTION=POLITICS

VICTORY!!

NGU.

[undeterred]

31. I can't believe how small some of these towns are

The people all know each other- they could contest this in a rope tug or something!

[ClassWarrior]

32. Isn't that wonderful?

I guess Progressives do hold the best of mainstream American values.

:thumbsup:

NGU.

[inchhigh]

33. Ah the wingnuts......

These two snips are wonderful.


"She was one of more than 24,300 voters in the state capital who gave 68 percent support to a referendum calling for the pullout."


"Supporters shouldn't be too pleased with the results, said John McAdams, an associate professor of political science at Marquette University. Victory margins in many of the liberal-leaning cities were lower than rates won by Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in 2004, meaning swing voters haven't been swayed by anti-war sentiment, he said."


But Kerry only wone Dane County by 66/32 overall. This referendum got 68%. Is he suggesting the "official" 2004 result was incorrect?