Janet Protasiewicz's 98% Vote Shares in Wisconsin Compared to North Korea

Janet Protasiewicz's 98% Vote Shares in Wisconsin Compared to North Korea - BY DARRAGH ROCHE 

• Liberals Win Wisconsin Supreme Court Majority

"Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz's victory in the race for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday has been compared to a North Korean election after she won more than 90 percent of the vote in some wards.
Protasiewicz is a liberal who was supported by Democrats in the race, which was technically nonpartisan, and she defeated Republican-backed Daniel Kelly...
Some on social media pointed to the fact that Protasiewicz won by overwhelming margins in some wards in the state, which drew comparisons to elections in North Korea.

• Twitter user @umichvoter, who regulalry tweets about elections and politics, pointed to the fact that in some wards, the vote for Protasiewicz was nearing 100 percent. For example, in Madison Ward 19 she won 98 percent support—1,972 votes—to Kelly's 50 votes, or 3 percent due to rounding.
• Similarly, in Madison Ward 40, Protasiewicz won 1,876 votes to Kelly's 44—meaning the liberal judge won 98 percent of the votes cast. Newsweek has verified these numbers...