The only long lines reported in Milwaukee were for same-day registration on a large campus -- but unfortunately, the conservative and Catholic Marquette campus.  No waits at all at the larger, public university in Milwaukee, so we'll have to see if Ben Masel reports in as to whether his prediction of a lot of students registering to vote today in Madison, the other major Dem stronghold, came true.  Still, I see no signs that the counts would be slow in those areas.

But returns will come in more slowly from the very red outer burbs in Milwaukee County -- watch especially for Waukesha County, just west of Milwaukee, as well as the burbs to the north -- where reports are of lines for as long as an hour, ballot shortages because of 60 to 75% turnout . . . and machine problems and ballot mixups in Waukesha County, which will mean hand-counting and late reporting.

Doesn't even look that close.

Early data from pollsters' interviews with voters suggested that the electorate was turning out be more conservative than in previous elections.

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Early data from pollsters' interviews with voters as they left their polling places appeared to confirm that the economy remains the No. 1 concern of American voters.

With 14.8 million Americans unemployed -- 4.5 million more than on Election Day 2008 -- 62 percent said the economy was the top factor in their vote, and 56 percent said the country was off on the wrong track.

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That looked like it would favor the Republicans, as a relatively high 41 percent of voters identified themselves as conservatives. A fifth called themselves liberals, and two-fifths identified themselves as moderates

By contrast, 32 percent of the electorate identified itself as conservative in the 2006 midterm elections, in which the Democrats took control of Congress, and in 2008 only 34 percent called themselves conservative.

And after a stimulus program and bailouts of banks, most voters seemed to want a less activist government: 56 percent of voters said they wanted government to do less, while 39 percent said government should do more to solve the nation's problems.

By the way, the call was from Arizona, and the caller's script was:  Go to the polls to bring the races together.  That sounded oddly like the 2008 script.

Dissatisfaction with government captured in Wisconsin exit polls
By Craig Gilbert of the Journal Sentinel

It should surprise no one that a sense of political discontent runs through the early exit polling results, with a little over one-third of voters saying they are enthusiastic or satisfied with the way the federal government is working, and almost two-thirds either saying they are dissatisfied or saying they're angry.

More than four in ten Wisconsin voters say that compared to two years ago, their financial situation is worse. Only one in ten say it's better.

In the preliminary Wisconsin exit polls, support and opposition to the Tea Party are running about even. Slightly more people have unfavorable views of the Democratic Party than favorable views. But attitudes toward the Republican Party are quite similar. . . .

Things looking good for Barney, 64% with 35% of his district reporting.

Although we have vote-by-mail, voters have until 8 pm on election day to turn in their ballots at their county election office or one of the many ballot drop boxes located throughout the state. We won't have any results until after 8 pm, but they do count the total number of ballots as they come in.

Big governors race here between former Democratic gov. John Kitzhaber (served 2 terms in the '90s), and Republican newcomer and former NBA (Trailblazers) player Chris Dudley. Republicans haven't won a governors race here since the mid-'80s, but Dudley has a real chance.

Deval wins!

Barney wins!

And it looks right now like Dems will win every other race.

Alchohol might be cheaper, but sales tax will not go down, and the low-income housing law is here to stay.

Amid deep pessimism about the economy, the coalition of voters that gave Democrats control of Congress in 2006 appears to have fractured.

Preliminary exit polls showed that the party lost ground to Republicans in Tuesday's midterm elections among women, middle-income workers, whites, seniors and independent voters.

Driving the shift: broad anxiety over the economy, as well as skepticism of big government and opposition to signature Democratic Party policy achievements, such as President Barack Obama's economic-stimulus package and the health-care overhaul.

The change, as portrayed by preliminary results of voter surveys conducted Tuesday, helps explain why Republicans were expected to retake the House Tuesday and make gains in the Senate.

I'm a bit surprised because the GOP lt. gov. ran a textbook GOP sliming flat-out lying campaign against the Dem, which is a widly un-Vermont way of campaigning.