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Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election

The Same River Twice: Election Polling Challenged By Accurate Sampling

Kristin Runge
UW-Extension
The 2016 presidential election results took many people of all political stripes by surprise. It will be a while before it is fully understood why figures released by many reputable state and national polls were off, some by a wide margin. Until then, history may offer some potential explanations.
Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election
Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

The Political Geography Of Wisconsin: Partisanship And Population Density

Malia Jones
UW Applied Population Lab
Kristian Knutsen
WisContext
Wisconsin has been a battleground state in presidential elections for decades, but over time, the political landscape has shifted. Voting patterns are increasingly becoming defined by geography, with population density serving as a marker of partisan preference.
Series: The Opioid Epidemic In Wisconsin
Series: Known Unknowns

Public Health Officials In Wisconsin Struggle With Gaps In Substance Abuse Data

Scott Gordon
WisContext
Data about substance abuse is plentiful. The difficult part is pulling together all that information, analyzing it, and identifying the patterns.
Series: Health Insurance And The ACA

Affordable Care Act's 2017 Premium Increases Come With Some Offsets

Scott Gordon
WisContext
Most public discussion and media coverage about the ACA has focused on the fact that premiums for many insurance policies will likely be going up and that the number of available plans is decreasing. But the law also creates subsidies for a broad range of people.

The Underappreciated Role Of Women Entrepreneurs In The Economy

Tessa Conroy
UW-Madison
Communities may be underutilizing a valuable resource for economic growth: women entrepreneurs.
Series: The Opioid Epidemic In Wisconsin

Opioid Scourge Has Spread, Not Shifted, Across Racial Groups

Scott Gordon
WisContext
As opioids increasingly dominate the national conversation about substance abuse, addiction and overdose deaths, public health professionals are asking some difficult questions.

Putting Suicide In Perspective In Wisconsin

Scott Gordon
WisContext
The death of state Sen. Rick Gudex and the announcement of a new state program aimed at preventing suicide among veterans have made suicide especially prominent in Wisconsin over the past week.
Series: The Opioid Epidemic In Wisconsin

The Substance Abuse Landscape Around Wisconsin's Opioid Epidemic

Scott Gordon
WisContext
A public health advisory issued on Sept. 22 by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services epitomized an ongoing sea change in attitudes about drug abuse and addiction as opioid overdoses continue to increase.
Series: Drinking Water Quality
Series: Health In Rural Wisconsin

What Motivates Rural Wisconsinites To Test Their Drinking Water Source

Diana Hammer Tscheschlok
UW-Extension
Given the growing prominence of concerns about drinking water around Wisconsin, understanding what motivates well owners to test for contaminants can help inform educational campaigns about safe practices.
Series: Voter ID In Wisconsin

Visualizing Wisconsin's Voter ID Lawsuits So Far

Scott Gordon
WisContext
Wisconsin's voter-ID requirements, signed into law in 2011 as Act 23, is a signature agenda item for Gov. Scott Walker and the state legislature's Republican majority. But its passage set off more than five years of wrangling in the courts — a struggle that has yet to be settled.