In such an environment, “there’s no persuasion going on at all,” says GOP pollster

Gene Ulm, who often works in Wisconsin. In fact, there is not a single competitive

state Senate seat left in the entire Milwaukee media market. Both parties focus

entirely on turnout, and with impressive results. The WOW counties were in the

top eleven nationwide for turnout in 2012, with Ozaukee first at 84 percent.

Similarly, among urban counties, Milwaukee County ranks near the top, at 74

percent. (The national average was just over 60 percent.