Wisconsin holds its presidential primary today, and we’re liveblogging the results. Polls close at 9 PM ET.
Results: AP (statewide) | AP (by county) | NYT | Politico
Polls have just closed in Wisconsin, and we have our first batch of exit poll results. As always, these are subject to change.
Democrats: Sanders 55, Clinton 43
Republicans: Cruz 47.5, Trump 36.5, Kasich 14
Note that in addition to the presidential primary, there’s a key race tonight in Wisconsin for the state Supreme Court. While it’s officially a non-partisan contest, the battle lines are clear: incumbent Rebecca Bradley is an appointee of GOP Gov. Scott Walker, while challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg has the support of state Democrats.
Of the 86 Democratic delegates up for grabs tonight in Wisconsin, 57 are awarded proportionally based on how each candidate performs in the state’s eight congressional districts (with each district getting anywhere from five to 11 delegates). The remaining 29 are awarded proportionally based on the overall statewide vote.
For the GOP, 24 delegates are awarded to the winner of each congressional district (three apiece), and another 18 to the statewide winner.
As he has elsewhere, exit polls show Sanders performing very well with the youngest cohort of voters:
Exit polls show nearly 9/10 young Dem #WIprimary voters chose @BernieSanders: https://t.co/BUqYBYsrIM pic.twitter.com/QkaH2HLI9S— CBS News Politics (@CBSPolitics) April 6, 2016
Exit polls show nearly 9/10 young Dem #WIprimary voters chose @BernieSanders: https://t.co/BUqYBYsrIM pic.twitter.com/QkaH2HLI9S
Fox News immediately called Wisconsin for Sanders, but no other major media outlet has. Fox often goes off and does its own thing (surprised?), so we'll wait on the others for an official call—as we always do.
The first trickle of actual results is coming in. So far, just 1% of precincts are reporting, and you never want to read anything into such a small proportion of the vote.
NBC has now called Wisconsin for both Sanders and Cruz.
This sums up my feelings on Waukesha County jokes.
If you're tracking the Supreme Court race, the AP link above has numbers. With 4% reporting, Bradley is leading Kloppenburg 60-40. It’s likely things will change, since we have just a smattering of results so far. Polls had shown the race quite close, though it’s hard to poll a judicial contest.
The second major media outlet of the night, CBS, is calling Wisconsin for Ted Cruz. The win will give Cruz a delegate boost, to be sure, but we’ll have to see if Trump can wrangle any Congressional District-level wins to ameliorate tonight’s loss.
Hold on to your cheese hats, because we’re taking this party to a brand new thread.