alt Hacker News>Or... perhaps it's because Wisconsin is a hotbed of progressive politics? Especially in the Madison area.
Ah, yes, Wisconsin. Famously more progressive than the bordering states of Michigan, Minnesota and Illinois (I'll give you Iowa).
Attitudes on surveillance follow economics more than anything else.
> Ah, yes, Wisconsin. Famously more progressive than the bordering states of Michigan, Minnesota and Illinois
Wisconsin actually is famously progressive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_Progressive_Party
"Milwaukee is a city where socialists have found success to a greater extent than any other U.S. city" https://uwm.edu/lib-collections/mke-socialism/