Suburban turnout negates good Democratic turnout in Milwaukee

Democrats hit their marks in Dane and Milwaukee counties – two reliable counties -Tuesday, but they fell far short in the other key areas of the state.
A check of county results in the guv’s race shows Milwaukee suburban counties went hard for the GOP, and Republican Scott Walker won counties such as La Crosse, Marathon and Kenosha that went for Jim Doyle in 2006.
Walker didn’t appear to cut into the Dem advantage in Milwaukee County as some had believed he would. However, his margins elsewhere more than made up for that as he won with 52 percent of the vote, according to unofficial returns.
And places such as Racine County seem to underscore the wave that snapped back against Dems after they won control of the Assembly in 2008 to give them full control of the Legislature and guv’s office for the first time in more than 20 years.
In 2006, 71,327 voters turned out for the guv’s race as Republican Mark Green eked out a 300-vote win in the county.  OnTuesday almost 13,000 fewer voters cast ballots in the guv’s race, and Walker carried a 9,483-vote advantage over Dem Tom Barrett.
Here’s a rundown of some key southeast counties with their 2006 results for the guv’s race compared to the unofficial returns.
Milwaukee
2006: 323,504 votes; 199,536 Doyle, 118,949 Green, 5,019 Eisman; plus-80,587 Doyle.
2010: 336,390 votes with on precinct out; 208,562 Barrett, 127,828 Walker; plus 80,734 Barrett.
Milwaukee suburbs
Ozaukee County:
2006: 41,231 votes; 15,229 Doyle, 25,460 Green, 542 Eisman; plus-10,231 Green.
2010: 43,106 votes; 13,232 Barrett, 29,874 Walker; plus-16,642 Walker
Washington County:
2006: 53,284 votes; 17,219 Doyle, 35,262 Green, 803 Eisman; plus-18,043 Green.
2010: 58,494 votes, 14,275 Barrett, 44,219 Walker; plus-29,944 Walker
Waukesha County:
2006: 175,965 votes; 61,402 Doyle, 112,243 Green, 2,320 Eisman; plus-50,841 Green.
2010: 185,496 votes; 52,222 Barrett, 133,274 Walker; plus-81,052 Walker
– WisPolitics.com