Can the voting power of fast-growing Dane County help Democrats win statewide elections again?

[TexasTowelie]

MADISON - Amid all the defeats and disasters Democrats have suffered in Wisconsin, there’s one spot on the map that gets brighter for them all the time.

The capital city and its suburbs comprise one of America’s premier “blue” bastions.

Dane County’s liberal tilt is nothing new.

But obscured by the Democratic Party’s statewide losses since 2010 is the rapid, relentless growth of its voting power.

Fueled by a tech boomlet, Dane is adding people at a faster rate than any county its size between Minnesota and Massachusetts. Between 2015 and 2016, it accounted for almost 80% of Wisconsin’s net population growth and is now home to more than 530,000 people.

Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2018/02/01/can-voting-power-fast-growing-dane-county-help-democrats-win-statewide-elections-again/1085968001/

[msongs]

1. voter suppression, dirty tricks, all that. will it swamp any increase in voters? nt

[HelenWheels]

2. Madison is a great place to live

My son and granddaughter and her family live in Madison. I visit often and love the city.

[dembotoz]

3. one can not expect dane county to pull the state left

the wow counties are also growing and they are quite red