By The Numbers- The Referenda- 2-1 Say Withdraw

The people have decided. The chart below from the Cap Times lists the results of the referenda on the War in Iraq. Despite all of the attempts to characterize the measures as a vote for "Cut and Run" or a meaningless exercise or a Commie, Pinko plot the voters of Wisconsin tried to send a message to an administration which has proven to be immune to messages.

Were there surprises? Sure. The 3-1 rejection in Watertown says something about the ability of those opposed to get out the vote. The quiet approval of the measures in the outland speaks to the widespread dissatisfaction with the ongoing war.

I urge candidates of both parties to listen to what these communities said yesterday and to believe in the people.

Algoma Yes - 420 (52%) No - 388
Amery Yes - 223 (53%) No - 196
Baraboo Yes - 1,740 (52%) No - 1,592
Casco Yes - 55 (52%) No - 50
Couderay Yes - 18 No - 4
Draper Yes - 41 (65%) No - 22
Edgewater Yes - 38 (52%) No - 35
Egg Harbor Yes - 40 No - 47 (53%)
Ephraim Yes - 55 (54%) No - 47
Evansville troops home Yes - 444 (51%) No - 425
Evansville support Bush Yes - 386 No - 397
Exeland Yes - 18 (53%) No - 16
Forestville Yes - 59 No - 61 (51%)
Frederic Yes - 92 (53%) No - 82
Hayward Yes - 114 No - 127 (53%)
Kewaunee Yes -252 (57%) No - 188
La Crosse Yes - 3,614 (55%) No - 2,983
Ladysmith Yes - 544 (53%) No - 479
Luxemburg Yes - 152 (51%) No - 147
Madison Yes - 24,344 (68%) No - 11,252
Monona Yes - 1,864 (59%) No - 1,290
Mount Horeb Yes - 593 (53%) No - 531
Newport (turnover to Iraq by end of 2006) Yes - 58 No - 64
Ojibwa Yes - 25 (61%) No - 16
Osceola Yes - 156 (43%) No - 203 (57%)
Perry Yes - 139 (54%) No - 117
Shorewood Yes - 1,664 (70%) No - 723
Sister Bay Yes - 109 No - 113 (51%)
Sturgeon Bay Yes - 722 (58%) No - 531
Vermont Yes - 190 (65%) No - 101
Watertown Yes - 897 No - 2,669 (75%)
Whitefish Bay Yes - 1,313 (54%) No - 1,115
Winter Yes - 50 (65%) No - 27