Wisconsin Megathread

[Linus Van Pelt]

Actually the African-American population of Milwaukee is growing. It was 37% in 2000 and 40% in 2010 (and the city as a whole grew slightly during that period so it's not a case of a smaller gross loss being a proportional increase).

My impression is that there is migration of African-Americans away from Chicago towards smaller cities in the region in general, so most cities within a few hours of Chicago have a growing Black population despite the general trend away from the Rust Belt towards the south.

[Linus Van Pelt]

This is a dumb criticism. Her platform was "plagiarized"? Policymaking isn't a university course where you're getting some qualification that indicates your ability to do original work. If a policy from elsewhere is a good one, there's no reason not to adopt it.

[Linus Van Pelt]

Dave has posted the map of the 2014 gubernatorial election by municipality to the Atlas blog.

[Linus Van Pelt]

Having elections for judges is the worst.