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bear__aware [S] 126 points ago +126 / -0

Wow good point. I have mostly been thinking along the lines of people who relocated to other states but your never-voter hypothesis is terrific

Btw the data comes from here: https://badgervoters.wi.gov/

That site can be kind of useful because you can estimate the price for a dataset and it will tell you how many records are in it

Also maybe someone might want to buy the same dataset for 2016 and do historical cross analysis I dunno. Speaking of that:

This dataset is 64,289 records.

Whereas 2016 is 139,757 records.

Why such a huge difference? I have heard people talking about low turnout in Milwaukee but I don't know what it could mean. Also you never know when they are making errors or "glitches" or tabulate things in some dumb way. But could be meaningful

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K-Harbour 65 points ago +65 / -0

Why does a dataset have to be purchased????

It is a public record, the data made using our tax dollars.

It costs no money for them to provide a download.

What IT company is pocketing this money under the pretense of IT costs???

This data should be free for anyone to download.

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Shhhhhut_the_hell_up 13 points ago +13 / -0

AT&T? Seems they have their fingers in everything.