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Sep 14, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
BREAKING: Wisconsin Supreme Court ends freeze on absentee ballots! Major victory for democracy. Go to iwillvote.com to request your absentee ballot now! Image
Millions of already-printed ballots will now be mailed, instead of torn up and reprinted.

If you want to learn more about absentee voting in Wisconsin, join us this Thursday for a (very fun) Parks & Rec cast Reunion this Thursday featuring @evilhag, @mradamscott, and many more!

wisdems.org/parksandrec
The fact that absentee ballots are no longer frozen by partisan Republican activists on the Wisconsin Supreme Court is a direct result of the work that thousands upon thousands of people who poured their souls into virtual campaigning to win here on April 7. Limitless gratitude.

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Nov 9
Here’s what happened in Wisconsin. And a note of gratitude. 🧵
On Election Day, I thought we were winning the presidential race.

We came up short. Losing was a gut punch. Enormous peril lies ahead.

As we prepare for what’s next, we also have to find space for curiosity about what just happened.
We’re beginning to see the outlines: a red wave. A nationwide shift toward Trump of 6%.

But in Wisconsin, we nearly defeated that wave.

The shift here was just one quarter the size: 1.5%. Not because Trump was weaker here than elsewhere, but because we were stronger.
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Nov 8
Just crunched some numbers.

Turnout generally dropped nationwide. But battleground states had slightly *higher* turnout among eligible voters than 2020—and a smaller-than-avg swing towards Trump.

Wisconsin had the highest turnout rise in the nation: +1.3% of eligible voters.🧵
The data here come from @ElectProject: election.lab.ufl.edu/2024-general-e…

Crunched in this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Some big states are still counting ballots, so left CA, WA, DC, MD, and OR out of this calculation.

Included AZ and NV even though they're still counting.
@ElectProject Here's the table: the change in turnout (relative to the voting-eligible population) from 2020 to 2024 in the seven battlegrounds vs the rest of the country.

A pretty clear case that the campaign + party + allies turned out Dems in states they focused on. Image
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Nov 7
The red wave hit this year: a ~6% national swing to Trump, from 2020 margins.

In Wisconsin, thousands of heroes pulled the swing down to 1.5%. More D votes statewide & in 46 counties. Tammy Baldwin won. Huge wins in the state legislature.

Deeply grateful to all—it mattered.
🧵
This is a perilous moment, and a frightening one. Especially for the people in communities whose freedoms, livelihoods, and safety are now threatened by an emboldened, unfettered Trump and the extremists around him.

We fought to prevent this. We came up short.
We will need to focus soon on somehow containing the damage of the second Trump term, standing in solidarity with one another, and fighting back.

But now, let's thank Harris and Walz for their 107-day sprint—and the countless people who poured themselves into the work.
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Nov 5
Before Walz took the stage in Milwaukee tonight, I got a call from a number unlike any I'd ever seen. It ended with four zeroes. I picked it up.

It was Joe Biden. 🧵 Image
The President was calling to say thanks—to all of us in Wisconsin who've been working our hearts out to make this moment possible.

If you're reading this, that might very well include you.
I told him how honored I felt to receive his call, on behalf of thousands of people here who worked to elect him—and then never stopped organizing.

"God bless ya," he said, 100% himself.

What an extraordinary human being he is. Let's do him proud. Let's win tomorrow.
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Oct 31
Five days left, here’s the state of the race in Wisconsin. 🧵
TL;DR
- Polls: tied
- Early vote: huge
- Ground game: Dem dominance
- Ads: Dem edge
- Vibes: Dem edge

Help us win: donate. secure.actblue.com/donate/octeom_…
And—no matter where you are, you can help Wisconsin go blue by volunteering. Sign up for a phone bank or a door-knocking shift here:
wisdems.org/volunteer
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Oct 25
Ten days left.

Explosive turnout for Early Vote.

Tied polls.

Dire warnings.

Jubilant crowds.

An emotional roller coaster. How could there not be? 🧵
In these moments, focus on the next thing you can do. It’s the closest elections where resources matter most in the final stretch.

And this is the closest the polls have ever been.

Can you chip in to help WisDems tip toss-up Wisconsin to Harris-Walz?
secure.actblue.com/donate/wisdems…
So much is out of your control. But there’s a lot about this election we do know.
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