Seven million dollars. That’s approximately how much the total recount effort mounted by Green Party candidate Jill Stein will cost when one factors in the total costs of the Wisconsin recount, the abortive Michigan recount, and the legal expenses for Dr. Stein’s efforts in Michigan and Pennsylvania.
With all 72 Wisconsin counties now reporting completion and about 100% of the votes counted, the net result has been a gain of 131 votes for Donald Trump.
The counties reporting completion include the state’s two Democratic powerhouses, Dane County (in which the state capital, Madison, is situated, fondly nicknamed by the rest of the state “Moscow on Lake Mendota” for its leftist leanings) and Milwaukee County, where the state’s largest city is located. Neither county has reported any major discrepancies.
According to the Wisconsin Election Commission, Trump gained 844 votes from the recount, and Clinton gained 713 votes. Stein gained an additional 66 votes. That means that, for most of us, nothing changes.
