An unexpected revelation from the Wisconsin presidential recount is that the original count was significantly inaccurate relative to declared write-in presidential candidates. The original count for the write-in candidates was much lower than the recounted votes.
Write-in candidate Evan McMullin’s original count was 9,998, but the recount credits him with 11,855. Thus the original count missed 18.6% of his votes.
The changes for the other declared write-ins presidential candidates were:
Michael Maturen went from 243 to 284.
Tom Hoefling went from 68 to 80.
Chris Keniston went from 58 to 67.
Cherunda Fox went from 44 to 47.
Emidio Soltysik, the Socialist Party nominee, went from 26 to 33.
Joseph Maldonado went from 3 to 4.
Marshall Schoenke, alone among the write-ins, dropped. He went from 3 to 1.
The changes for the ballot-listed candidates were far smaller, proportionately:
Donald Trump went from 1,404,440 to 1,405,284, a gain of 844.
Hillary Clinton went from 1,381,823 to 1,382,536, a gain of 713.
Gary Johnson went from 106,585 to 106,674, a gain of 89.
Jill Stein went from 31,006 to 31,072, a gain of 66.
Darrell Castle went from 12,156 to 12,162, a gain of 6.
Monica Moorehead went from 1,769 to 1,770, a gain of 1.
Rocky De La Fuente, along among the ballot-listed candidates, dropped, from 1,514 to 1,502.
Thanks to Walter Ziobro and Thomas Jones for this information.
