The Wisconsin Primary Wasn’t All Bad News for Hillary Clinton
Badger State TV Ad War: How Much Was Spent?
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders won big in Wisconsin on Tuesday, beating Hillary Clinton by a larger-than-expected 13.5-percentage point margin and carrying 71 of the state's 72 counties. Yet there's a thin silver lining in the results for the former secretary of state, who now focuses her attention on the April 19 primary in New York, the state she served for eight years as U.S. senator.
Compared to 2008, Clinton actually managed to increase her overall share of the Wisconsin primary vote, from 41 percent to 43 percent. This was partly thanks to a lower turnout than eight years ago—nearly 110,000 fewer Badger State voters came out to the polls on the Democratic side, to be exact—with Sanders ultimately winning roughly 79,000 fewer votes than then-candidate Barack Obama did. Clinton, meanwhile, came within about 21,000 votes of her 2008 total.