Polls are now closed. CNN’s exit poll says the race is 50-50:
CNN reports 50-50 exit poll results, Walker, Barrett. #WIrecall #wi
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 6, 2012
Chuck Todd of NBC News agrees with CNN’s assessment:
We are officially saying WI is "too close to call"; Precinct exit data indicates total coin flip.
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) June 6, 2012
One thing is clear already: turnout was very high on both sides of the aisle:
https://twitter.com/AndrewKroll/status/210169195768446976
RT @cheeseismoldy: @markos The voting line was the longest I've seen in ten years in #WI. Turnout seems pretty epic in red Washington Co..
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) June 5, 2012
Many reports of extremely heavy turnout in Milwaukee and Dane counties, the populous liberal areas of WI. Follow: http://t.co/opNbICx9
— Conservative Cmte. (@ConservativeCCC) June 6, 2012
Turnout across WI very heavy today. Witnessed steady stream of voters at two polling places.
— Don Gonyea NPR (@DonGonyea) June 6, 2012
Dems counting on huge Milwaukee vote. But GOP counties also had massive turnouts.They'll have hard time reliving'08 results. Wauk #s crazy.
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) June 6, 2012
Report from mom in WI: My dad was voter #1920 in their township @ 7:30. My mom has never seen that many people vote.
— Sean Hackbarth (@seanhackbarth) June 6, 2012
A majority of Wisconsin recall voters prefer President Obama to Mitt Romney, according to exit polls.
Obama leads Romney 51-45 among #WIrecall voters, regardless ot today's vote, per early exit polls
— Rick Klein (@rickklein) June 5, 2012
CNN exit poll shows much wider margin for Obama over Romney in WI than earlier ones, 54-42 percent.
— Greg Mitchell (@GregMitch) June 6, 2012
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Where to go to track results as they come in:
https://twitter.com/normangoldman/status/210177419888427008
Actual votes starting to come in to the election dashboard. Follow along here: http://t.co/j7v881pi #wirecall
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) June 6, 2012
Here are the first early results, and we do mean early:
57% Walker, 42% Barrett, CNN reports, with 1% precincts reporting – http://t.co/5I6nijXp
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) June 6, 2012
https://twitter.com/JREakin/status/210180844294389760
CNN: Walker with 77,740 votes, Barrett with 56,699 votes (6% rep.)
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) June 6, 2012
Republicans getting nervous?
https://twitter.com/jstrevino/status/210178387648589824
The race for Lt. Governor is also expected to be close. Some early results:
FOX News: with 5% reporting in, 58% Kleefisch, 42% Mitchell #wirecall
— Mandy Nagy (@Liberty_Chick) June 6, 2012
With 133 of 3424 Wisconsin precincts in, Kleefisch up 14 points on Mitchell #wirecall #madvote
— Isthmus (@isthmus) June 6, 2012
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Things looking good for Walker right now.
https://twitter.com/NKingofDC/status/210182540504481794
Crushing it so far. Walker 58.6%, Barrett 40.8%, via AP at 9:33 p.m. ET. 8.5% in. http://t.co/pb3ZmWn0 #WIRecall #tcot
— DonIrvine (@DonIrvine) June 6, 2012
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Exit polls readjusted in Walker’s favor
latest exits adjustment now has it walker 52, barrett 48
— Craig Gilbert (@WisVoter) June 6, 2012
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Will the cities narrow the gap?
Exit polls show a tie, but Walker's numbers look pretty decent so far in rural Wisconsin. Dems will need huge Milwaukee/Madison turnout.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) June 6, 2012
All of the election modeling gurus would like to see some Milwaukee precincts come in… will tell us a lot
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) June 6, 2012
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NBC calls it for Scott Walker!
MSNBC "Projecting" Walker win. #HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) June 6, 2012
NBC projects Scott Walker the winner in Wisconsin. So much for too close to call
— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) June 6, 2012
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Other networks follow suit:
https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/210188716625498112
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Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch also survives:
Fox News projects Wisconsin's Republican Lt. Gov. also survives recall election.
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) June 6, 2012
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GOP State Senators also likely to prevail:
MT @TeDeumBlog Here are numbers for GOP state senate #wirecall target races. GOP leading all==>http://t.co/vIqah7k6
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) June 6, 2012