[Iran Press TV] The U.S. media declared the results of Wisconsin recall election while many people were still waiting in line to vote in the city of Milwaukee.
That is according to Norman Stockwell, Madison-based journalist and operations coordinator for WORT/FM radio, who spoke to Press TV's U.S. Desk on Wednesday.
"There is some question about the ethics of declaring a race while people still haven't voted yet," he noted.
Republican Governor Scott Walker became the first governor to survive a recall election in U.S. history.
On Tuesday, Walker handily defeated his Democratic rival, Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett, with 53.5 percent to Barrett's 45.9 percent.
Sixteen months ago, Walker's decision to cut collective bargaining rights for most public workers set off one of the fiercest political wars in memories of Wisconsin's residents.
Stockwell said that activists and labor organizers are now looking at the election results as they are trying to figure out how to "move the state of Wisconsin back to progressive traditions" of the past fifty years.
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