The above link shows a complete breakdown of voter turnout ward by ward in the city of Milwaukee.
There are 312,480 registered voters in Milwaukee.
Only 121,169 voted in Tuesday’s Spring Election. That is a measly 38%.
More people would show up for a Lil Wayne concert if they had the chance. More people ran to the phone lines to vote for Naima on American Idol.
What is going on Milwaukee? Not even half of the registered voters in this city showed up to elect the officials who are operating on THEIR tax dollars. Do you not want to have a say in how your city and state is run? This is why we have the political climate we are in now. We must educate ourselves and participate in the voting process. We have brothers and sisters who have literally died fighting for the right to cast a ballot. And if your excuse is that you “didn’t like who was running” and think “no candidate is worth your vote”, why don’t you stand up for your community and run for office yourself? We complain, complain, complain about the political climate, yet we constantly have low turnout election after election. No candidate is and ever will be the perfect person. There are pros and cons in all parties and all officials running for office, but you still have a say in who gets elected. Don’t just go off of what you see on TV ads and what you read in the paper. Do the research yourselves and learn about these people and VOTE.
Hi Shakara, I’m not sure what the results of this poll will tell you because the last 3 choices are essentially the same choice, especially 3 and 4.
also, it is a law that people have the right to leave work to go vote. in the public sector we were able to leave 1 hour early in order to go and vote, at least that is how it was in florida. not sure here in wisconsin.
but hey, if it’s not important to you, the citizens of milwaukee, then don’t complain when your taxes get raised, and your services go down, teh roads go up repaired, and the city falls apart with decay.
Just stay at home and watch jerry springer, or judge joe brown. that should help…
Be well
Jess Bernstein
Doesn’t matter, leave whatever opinion you have :-)
@ shakara: clap, clap, clap, clap, clap.
right on. it doesn’t matter who you vote for, so long as you go out and vote.
a wasted vote is not one used on a candidate that might not have a chance…but one that is not used.
I think it is AMAZING how the vote is now in favor of posner due to a few thousnad vote “found” the next day in a precinct. I’m not suggesting voter fraud, accidents happen. But if it turns out to be legit, and posner wins, then you are right, the people of milwaukee who did not go to the polls should be ashamed of them selves, if they were just hoping that Kloppenberg would just win on her own.
we will help bring a climate of inclussion in to our community if, like you said people are educated and involved in the process as well as being good vigulant citizens, when it comes to those who would ” lead” us.
Maybe we can start adult classes in the communities to explain how government is suppose to work, vs how it is being run.
Wake up people…it’s only your money, your city and more i mportantly, your LIVES we are talking about.
Shakra …well put.
Sincerely,
Jess Benrstein
I would like to thank the believers in the political system, at least the 38% percent that was said to have voted, for the best comedy show this year. Politics is the longest running soap opera in existence. I also would like to thank the people for explaining that voting requires a person to choose between to evils. The most genuine person in recent years to enter this fiasco, was Mike Jr. and you negros made him a political prisoner. You accused him of scandal, and you let your own enemy persuade you into believing he was against your best interest. You let the devil tell you when you are a saint! Negros and their involvement in their master’s politics sicken me. I can not help the feeling of nausea that overwhelms me when I hear ridiculous conversations about exercising your right to vote. This useless rhetoric being discussed on a page where there are images of ancestors that would be appauled at the very contradictions you negros create. You uppity negros try to impress people with your associations with fraternities, and sororities, book clubs, blogs, and any other useless social tool that allows you an opportunity to express your ignorance. You attend these colleges, black and white, not realizing that even the so-called black universities are funded by your master. Yet people do not understand why what you negros are talking about sound just like the script your master wrote, it is because you are just a black face delivering a white message. Stop just adoring our greats, Dr. Amos Wilson, Malcolm, Dr. Ben, John Henrick Clarke, Marcus Garvey, and countless others, and help to implement the Afrikan principles they reminded us of. The next book you negros better pick up is a throwback, and if you read it once do it again this time overstand it, it is called “The Mis-Education of the Negro,” by Carter G. Woodson. Here is this brothers description of your psycho-physiological condition;
” When you control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him to stand here or go yonder. He will find his ” proper place” and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go with out being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary.” (Carter G. Woodson). Now you negros take his advice and stop cutting out back doors for yourselves!