# Wisconsin GOP tries to forestall special elections **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 24, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-gop-tries-to-forestall-special-elections/811118 "2018-03-24T15:37:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-gop-tries-to-forestall-special-elections/811118/162 "2018-04-09T00:06:29Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > You are more optimistic than I. Given the great effort the GOP has put into shredding public education (and blaming it on the Liberals), the hope that the younger generations will do better than we have does not seem well founded. I hope that the younger generation aren’t as inspired by white nationalism as the older generation. A lot of younger people have grown up exposed to immigrants, feminists, gays and non-whites. Also each generation tends to be more secular than the one before. It was never controversial for them. So if someone makes dog whistles saying ‘America is supposed to be a white, hetero, native born white christian patriarchy’ that won’t appeal to people born in 2003 the same way it appeals to people born in 1953. Its like anti-Irish or anti-Chinese prejudice. It was a far bigger issue in our grandparents generation, by our generation it was mostly irrelevant. Of course new prejudices could easily just arise to fill the vacuum. Anti-chinese prejudice has been replaced by anti-latino prejudice. etc. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-gop-tries-to-forestall-special-elections/811118/163 "2018-04-09T03:37:20Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Exactly. Why don’t you all give up on the future already? The GOP won. Got something better to do? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-gop-tries-to-forestall-special-elections/811118/164 "2018-04-09T04:02:22Z")
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**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-gop-tries-to-forestall-special-elections/811118/165 "2018-04-10T12:34:23Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Wisconsin voters also soundly defeated efforts to eliminate the office of State Treasurer (61% voted to keep the office) > Both Supreme Court candidates recieved lots of money. > Turnout was 22 percent which is sadly high for a spring election. > > Brian The referendum to eliminate the office of State Treasurer also would have transferred the treasurer’s constitutional duty to sit on the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands—to the lieutenant governor. That second part wasn’t widely reported but I think a few people actually read the referendum. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-gop-tries-to-forestall-special-elections/811118/166 "2018-06-13T10:55:32Z")
Dems flip one of the seats (in a district that went for Trump by 18 points and Walker by 23) Republicans hold on to the other seat (by 8 points in a district that went Trump by 14) > **[Split decision in Legislative special elections](https://lacrossetribune.com/news/state-and-regional/split-decision-in-legislative-special-elections/article_d6d7e571-4cbe-58a7-a1ef-c5979067c22d.html)** > > The Democratic candidate won a Senate seat long held by Republicans, while a Republican won an Assembly seat that includes part of Dane County. Brian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-gop-tries-to-forestall-special-elections/811118.md?page=8)