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Republican support dwindles in Wisconsin’s historic GOP strongholds - Washington Examiner

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Waukesha , Ozaukee , and Washington counties outside of Milwaukee have been the Republican epicenters of the state for decades .

Historically, the WOW counties have been most Republican areas of Wisconsin .

In 2012 , Mitt Romney received 64.63% of the support in Ozaukee country.

Obama won 59 of Wisconsin ’s 72 counties, but in these counties, he received less than 40% of those votes.

Wisconsin voters rejected two GOP -backed ballot questions aimed at decreasing the spending power of the governor.

In the WOW counties, the yes’ vote for these questions got only 50% of the vote in Ozaukee County and 57% in Waukesha County .