Data Wonk

• State’s Gerrymander Could Last Forever

  Mar 30th, 2022 by Bruce Thompson

  If state high court’s ‘least change’ rule followed in future, gerrymandering might last for decades.

• DeSantis Leads The COVID-19 Death Squad

  Mar 23rd, 2022 by Bruce Thompson

  GOP politicians who discourage vaccines are causing more deaths.

• How Gerrymandered Is New State Map?

  Mar 16th, 2022 by Bruce Thompson

  Let’s measure how the two parties will fare under maps approved by state Supreme Court.

• Michael Gableman Versus The Facts

  Mar 9th, 2022 by Bruce Thompson

  His report claims grants to 5 Wisconsin cities changed the 2020 election. Let’s examine the evidence.

• Should MPS Be Split Into Smaller Districts?

  Mar 2nd, 2022 by Bruce Thompson

  What data is there to suggest legislative proposal is a good one?

• Should Wisconsin End Its Income Tax?

  Feb 23rd, 2022 by Bruce Thompson

  Five conservative groups pushing this. Its impact is astonishingly regressive.

• Republicans Are Killing Republicans

  Feb 16th, 2022 by Bruce Thompson

  167,000 lives could have been saved in states opposed to vaccines.

• Is COVID-19 Transforming Itself?

  Feb 9th, 2022 by Bruce Thompson

  Far fewer deaths per cases of omicron in Wisconsin and nation. Will anti-vaxxers exploit this?

• Who Are The Unvaccinated?

  Feb 2nd, 2022 by Bruce Thompson

  They are 100 times more likely to die than those fully vaccinated with booster shot.

• Trump’s Lies Corrupting Wisconsin

  Jan 28th, 2022 by Bruce Thompson

  His claims about elections shot down by courts, but WILL and Republicans working to turn those lies into laws.

• What Can School District Report Cards Tell Us?

  Jan 19th, 2022 by Bruce Thompson

  Despite an improved score for MPS, many problems remain.

• The War Against the Wisconsin Elections Commission

  Jan 13th, 2022 by Bruce Thompson

  Wisconsin Republicans have picked up where Trump left off.