Turnout will be the key to Wisconsin’s gubernatorial recall election
on Tuesday—and polls and early voting suggest Republican Gov. Scott
Walker holds an edge over Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.
Ensuring Walker maintains that edge is the job of Jason Pipes.
He is one of thousands of grassroots activists engaged in Wisconsin’s divisive June 5 recall elections.
Pipes, 38, drives a hulking 1974 Pinzgauer all-terrain military utility vehicle. Pro-Walker signs line the side of the truck, and the bed is filled with boxes of Walker yard signs and stickers. He sports a Walker hat and t-shirt.
As the truck lumbered through the streets of Wauwatosa, a suburb of Milwaukee, on Saturday evening, Pipes talked about the “non-stop political football” that has consumed the state for a year and a half.
Nearly three million people—between 60 and 65 percent of the voting age population—are expected to cast ballots on Tuesday, according to Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board, which oversees the state’s elections.
Those numbers would be higher than in the 2010 elections (50 percent) but lower than in 2008 (69 percent).
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, former Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold said he believed Barrett would prevail if turnout exceeds 2010 levels.
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/moment-of-decision/
Ensuring Walker maintains that edge is the job of Jason Pipes.
He is one of thousands of grassroots activists engaged in Wisconsin’s divisive June 5 recall elections.
Pipes, 38, drives a hulking 1974 Pinzgauer all-terrain military utility vehicle. Pro-Walker signs line the side of the truck, and the bed is filled with boxes of Walker yard signs and stickers. He sports a Walker hat and t-shirt.
As the truck lumbered through the streets of Wauwatosa, a suburb of Milwaukee, on Saturday evening, Pipes talked about the “non-stop political football” that has consumed the state for a year and a half.
Nearly three million people—between 60 and 65 percent of the voting age population—are expected to cast ballots on Tuesday, according to Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board, which oversees the state’s elections.
Those numbers would be higher than in the 2010 elections (50 percent) but lower than in 2008 (69 percent).
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, former Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold said he believed Barrett would prevail if turnout exceeds 2010 levels.
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/moment-of-decision/
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