Joe Handrick
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It was a wave, but it wasn’t only a wave
GOP failed to win the Swing Vote Tuesday was a blue romp in Wisconsin. Democrat David Crowley beat (my friend) Republican Tom Tiffany by 8 points in the…
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Wisconsin absentee returns pass 2022 pace for first time this fall
In-person voting is up 56.9% statewide, enough to cover a big drop in other absentee returns. Waukesha leads the gains; Dane and Milwaukee still trail.…
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Wisconsin early vote now nears 2022 pace, but Milwaukee and Dane lag behind
Wisconsin’s early vote is almost back to its 2022 pace. Data analyst Joe Handrick’s regional breakdown shows most of the remaining gap is in Milwaukee County…
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A look at Wisconsin Early Voting with Joe Handrick
Dairyland Sentinel has been working with renowned data guru Joe Handrick to pull together data from around the state as Wisconsinites engage in early voting.…
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Handrick: Wisconsin’s Two Big Blue Counties
A Dairyland Sentinel Analysis by Joe Handrick The Least Surprising Thing You’ll Read All Day: Milwaukee and Madison Will Dominate Voting in the Wisconsin…
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Joe Handrick on Evers’ Gerrymandering Hypocrisy
Governor Tony Evers made news yesterday, calling a special session of the Legislature to end partisan gerrymandering. This is akin to Jeffrey Dahmer issuing…
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Handrick: Evers’ Current Map Was No “Least-Change” Effort—It Was a Partisan Play
By Joe Handrick for Dairyland Sentinel This marks the third installment in my series examining Wisconsin’s congressional maps and the ongoing debate…
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Handrick: Don’t Blame the Map—Blame the Candidates
By Joe Handrick for Dairyland Sentinel On Wednesday, I wrote in here about the political contortions Wisconsin’s Supreme Court is being asked to perform to…
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Handrick: The Truth About Wisconsin’s Congressional Districts
By Joe Handrick for the Dairyland Sentinel A recent push has emerged to convince the Wisconsin Supreme Court to interfere with the state’s 2026 congressional…
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Joe Handrick’s Final Look at Wisconsin’s Early Vote for Today’s Election
By Joe Handrick for the Dairyland Sentinel April 1, 2025 This is my final look at Wisconsin’s early vote before the final day of in-person, traditional…
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Joe Handrick’s Thursday Night Examination of the Wisconsin Early Vote
Originally published March 27, 2025 Here’s my latest update on early vote totals from Wisconsin. We have statewide races for State Supreme Court and…
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Joe Handrick’s Latest Look at Wisconsin Supreme Court Early Vote Totals
By Joe Handrick Originally published 11:45pm March 25, 2025 Absentees are running 48% higher than at same point in 2023. The non-MKE counties in SE WI…
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Exploring Judge Schimel’s Path to Victory Based on Historical Spring Turnout Models
How the Spring Electorate Differences Impact Conservative Candidates’ Vote Targeting
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Wisconsin Election Returns Reveal a Brand New WOW
Wisconsin’s rural northern counties now a powerhouse for the state’s GOP
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Digging Deeper: Which Wisconsin Republicans did better (or worse) than Trump last month?
By Joe Handrick An Exclusive Special Analysis for Dairyland Sentinel Heading into the 2024 elections, Assembly Republicans in Wisconsin had a long streak on…
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Handrick analyzes winning geography for Wisconsin statewide GOP candidates
By Joe Handrick for Dairyland Sentinel President Donald Trump’s Wisconsin victory this month and Senator Ron Johnson’s win in 2022 were nearly identical in…
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Handrick’s Latest Look at Wisconsin’s Early Vote
In past reports, we compared 2024 early voting to 2020 (presidential to presidential). What it showed was that early in-person voting was up and mail voting…
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How a tight Presidential contest could impact control of the Wisconsin State Assembly
An Analysis by Wisconsin Elections Data Guru Joe Handrick
