The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Spivak & Bice wrote about the Amendment, the election, and the dynamics of the two. The gist:
While we're not quite a fair Wisconsin, the GOP's ill-conceived marriage amendment did have the unexpected consequence (for them) of driving a massive progressive turnout "especially among left-leaning college students, who flooded their campus polling places." That resulted in "unexpected gains in the Statehouse." Five of the new legislators in the swing in the state legislature that we've witnessed is credited to "districts that include University of Wisconsin campuses."
The Green campaign had predicted 940,000 votes would've been a win for them. However, the turnout in this election was so great that even though they beat that goal by 36,000 votes, Rep. Green "will soon be out of work."
And just so you can feel real great about the campus difference, according to WisPIRG, "16,837 people voted this week in the 10 wards in and around the UW-Madison campus, compared with 10,140 in the same wards in 2002 - a whopping 66% increase."
While the Fair Wisconsin movement didn't quite make it where it was going, it certainly helped build momentum for a fairer Wisconsin.
While we're not quite a fair Wisconsin, the GOP's ill-conceived marriage amendment did have the unexpected consequence (for them) of driving a massive progressive turnout "especially among left-leaning college students, who flooded their campus polling places." That resulted in "unexpected gains in the Statehouse." Five of the new legislators in the swing in the state legislature that we've witnessed is credited to "districts that include University of Wisconsin campuses."
The Green campaign had predicted 940,000 votes would've been a win for them. However, the turnout in this election was so great that even though they beat that goal by 36,000 votes, Rep. Green "will soon be out of work."
And just so you can feel real great about the campus difference, according to WisPIRG, "16,837 people voted this week in the 10 wards in and around the UW-Madison campus, compared with 10,140 in the same wards in 2002 - a whopping 66% increase."
While the Fair Wisconsin movement didn't quite make it where it was going, it certainly helped build momentum for a fairer Wisconsin.
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