Ryan Lost His Hometown Badly

Even though Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) won re-election at the same time he was on the national ticket, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel notes he was crushed in his hometown of Janesville, WI by challenger Rob Zerban (D), 55% to 44%. Ryan had never lost Janesville in a re-election campaign before. In addition, the Obama-Biden ticket defeated Romney-Ryan ticket in Janesville by a whopping 25 points, 62% to 37%. "The drop-off from the Ryan congressional vote to the Romney-Ryan presidential vote was much larger in Janesville (7.2 points) than it was in the rest of the congressional district (3 points). Put another way, there were more Ryan ticket-splitters in Janesville than other places: people who voted for Ryan for Congress but against Ryan for vice president."

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• It's ABOUT TIME somebody posted a thread about rob zerban. If only he would have gotten a tad bit more attention, Paul Ryan would have been sent back to his mom's basement.

• He really needed to be fired from the government.

• Must have been that "URBAN" vote, Paul!

• My sister lives in a different Midwestern state where her neighbor is someone who is from Janesville. The neighbor, a rabid Republican, told my sister that Ryan is not liked at all in Janesville (they think he's an asshole and full of himself); the neighbor did not vote for Romney because of Ryan.

• [quote]My sister lives in a different Midwestern state Why not just specify the state? Why all the mystery?

• OK, Paul, so all those inner-city dreadlocked, hip hop wannabe kids in your home town, voting along with their grandmas against you, were 'urban'? In no time, we'll be able to find your folklore about why you lost the election on the urban myth site, Snopes.

• "Geraldo Rivera was arrested for battery in Janesville while covering a Ku Klux Klan rally in 1992."

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• [quote]Why not just specify the state? Why all the mystery? Because then R4 wouldn't be anonymous. The masses would instantly have the answer to this grand mystery. I shall investigate and get back to you.

  Jessica Fletcher snooping in Cabot Cove