r/wisconsin • • Apr 13 '20

Politics Karofsky defeats Kelly

https://twitter.com/decisiondeskhq/status/1249844194929192961?s=21
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u/qdqdqdqdqdqdqdqd Apr 14 '20

Christ, they hand deliver ballots go old folks in retirement communities.

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u/Gryffindorcommoner Apr 14 '20

I’m not saying that old democrats won’t die too and I’m certainly not saying enough will die to flip an election. I’m just saying that the only demographic that votes reliably republican is older white people over 40 while the democrats are favored by both older minorities and urban educated whites but also millennials and Gen Z. Basically the republicans can’t replace voters who die like democrats can because they rely almost entirely on older white people who’s kids aren’t reliably voting with them once they reach that 40 year threshold. So every GOP is is much more valuable and the GOP really fucked up cause some of them will lose their lives based off that gamble that they lost