# Internal conflict in the Wisconsin Supreme Court

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [August 29, 2023, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-conflict-in-the-wisconsin-supreme-court/989277 "2023-08-29T10:29:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-conflict-in-the-wisconsin-supreme-court/989277/41 "2023-09-14T21:13:31Z")

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I wrote a pretty long post about the Wisconsin legislature gerrymander in 2018: [Republicans aim for a lame-duck power grab in Wisconsin - #60 by Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-aim-for-a-lame-duck-power-grab-in-wisconsin/825459/60)

It’s still pretty accurate.

Here’s the meat of it:

> [@Republicans aim for a lame-duck power grab in Wisconsin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-aim-for-a-lame-duck-power-grab-in-wisconsin/825459/60):
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> In an election that went D + 8.5 assembly seats went 36 D to 63 R. Had the electorate flipped and this election went R + 8.5 assembly seats would have gone 34 D to 65 R. It is pretty unlikely that we’re going to see an election outside ± 8.5 point range anytime soon so the range of achievable assembly outcomes for the foreseeable future is something like 34 - 36 D versus 63 - 65 R.
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> The make up of the assembly barely responds at all to massive swings in the electorate that realistically achievable.

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