Milwaukee 7 And The Amendment, State Summary

In the Journal Sentinel is an article about the Milwaukee 7. It is a coalition of counties in southeastern Wisconsin, created to discuss economic strategies for the region. The counties are: Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha.

Let's take a quick look at how southeastern Wisconsin voted on the amendment that defines marriage and bans civil unions:

Rank	Vote	County	No Votes	Yes Votes
8	Y	Milwaukee	141,476 (45.05%)	172,568 (54.95%)
15	Y	Kenosha	19,558 (40.80%)	28,373 (59.20%)
22	Y	Walworth	12,650 (38.16%)	20,499 (61.84%)
33	Y	Ozaukee	14,915 (36.53%)	25,914 (63.47%)
35	Y	Racine	24,875 (36.19%)	43,868 (63.81%)
52	Y	Waukesha	55,079 (31.75%)	118,392 (68.25%)
70	Y	Washington	13,800 (26.26%)	38,742 (73.74%)

There has been much debate about the amendment's impact. Will its passage affect southeastern Wisconsin economically? We'll just have to wait and see on that one..


Side notes:

• Dane tops the vote no list (hmm.. no surprise, with over a 33% difference).
• La Crosse and Dane were the only two counties to vote no.
• In La Crosse, the difference between yes and no was 16 votes.
• Florence ends the list with 1,515 yes and 481 no votes.