Will Voter Suppression Skew Wisconsin Primary Results?

Tuesday's Primary

As a result of these voter-suppression efforts as many as 300,000 Wisconsin citizens who are eligible and registered to vote but don't have the correct ID could be affected.

While the laws target groups that tend to vote more for Democrats than Republicans, it is unclear how this will affect Tuesday's Democratic primary results. Who gains and who loses from this? In previous primaries, more younger voters have voted for Sanders than Clinton by large margins. These voters will face serious disenfranchisement. However older voters have voted for Clinton by large margins, and they also face disenfranchisement. People of color, another demographic facing Wisconsin disenfranchisement, have voted for Clinton or Sanders depending more on region and ancestry, with southern and older African Americans voting for Clinton by very large margins, while Asian-Pacific and younger African Americans have tended to vote more for Sanders.

Will disenfranchisement by age benefit Clinton, by suppressing Sanders' large advantage with students? Will disenfranchisement of people of color benefit Sanders because of Clinton's previous advantages with older African Americans? Will disenfranchisement due to cutbacks in early voting days and especially those cutting the ability vote after work and on weekends suppress the vote and cause very long lines to vote?

How many voters will be turned away? How long will the voting lines extend? Which candidate will have her or his voters suppressed the most? We will know very soon. Unfortunately, this is not the kind of election result citizens in a democracy should be anticipating.