Wisconsin (IPA pronunciation: ) is a state in the United States, located in the Midwest. The rural economy was originally based on furs, then came lumber, farming, dairy, and vacationing. Industrialization began in the late 19th century in the southeast, with Milwaukee as the major center. In recent decades service industries, especially medicine and education, have become dominant.

The state has always been ethnically heterogeneous. The Yankees arrived first and long dominated industry, finance, politics and education. Large numbers of Germans arrived between 1850 and 1900, centering in Milwaukee, but also settling in many small cities and farm areas in the southeast. Scandinavians settled in lumbering and farming areas in the northwest. Small colonies of Belgians, Swiss, Finns and other groups came to the state. Irish Catholics mostly came to the cities. After 1900, Polish immigrants came to Milwaukee, followed by African Americans from 1940 on.

Politically, the state was a Republican stronghold that supported the Union during the Civil War. Ethnoreligious issues regarding schools split the Republican coalition briefly in 1890. From 1900 to the 1940s, Robert La Follette and his sons dominated state politics using the Republican Party and then their own Progressive Party. Since 1945, the state has maintained a close balance between the Republicans and Democrats. The Republicans put forth conservative-to-moderate Governor Tommy Thompson in the 1980s and 1990s, while the Democrats have produced liberal Senator Russ Feingold in the 2000s. Conant ch 1; Barone and Cohen; Pearce

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Since lots of you asking, ad is in Madison mrkt RT @RNCResearch: New @RNC radio ad greets Obama in Wisconsin today http://is.gd/4MX2V
RNCResearch (RNC Research) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:33:11 -0000
Since lots of you asking, ad is in Madison mrkt RT @RNCResearch: New @RNC radio ad greets Obama in Wisconsin today http://is.gd/4MX2V
So why is #Obama campaigning in #Wisconsin today? Who's #PRESIDENT? #tcot #gop #tiot #iamthemob #impeachobama #rove #beck #rush #palin
louisgander (Louis Gander) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:33:04 -0000
So why is #Obama campaigning in #Wisconsin today? Who's #PRESIDENT? #tcot #gop #tiot #iamthemob #impeachobama #rove #beck #rush #palin
WI Supreme Court hears arguments on gay marriage amendment http://bit.ly/2ukqMR #wisconsin #lgbt #marriage #equality
ahulse (Aaron Hulse) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:31:25 -0000
WI Supreme Court hears arguments on gay marriage amendment http://bit.ly/2ukqMR #wisconsin #lgbt #marriage #equality
so i live in wisconsin near madison where obamas going to be today i wish i was a student there just to meet him that be sweet
arizona94 (keanna lien) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:29:49 -0000
so i live in wisconsin near madison where obamas going to be today i wish i was a student there just to meet him that be sweet
University Collection has new content Wisconsin Women's T-Shirt http://bit.ly/4ha9K4
xboxGameMarket (18004myxbox Market) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:27:51 -0000
University Collection has new content Wisconsin Women's T-Shirt http://bit.ly/4ha9K4
MHoops: BSU opens 2009-10 season tonight at Wisconsin--yup the Badgers. Catch the exhibition game live at 7 p.m. http://tinyurl.com/yjen8g3
BSUBeavers (BSU Athletics News) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:26:37 -0000
MHoops: BSU opens 2009-10 season tonight at Wisconsin--yup the Badgers. Catch the exhibition game live at 7 p.m. http://tinyurl.com/yjen8g3

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