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dON jENNING aWARD
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While the top of the ticket election result was disappointing, Democrats in Manistee County should know the results of their hard work paid off on November 5th! Manistee is one of only six counties in Michigan to have delivered a higher percentage of voters for the Democratic presidential ticket in 2024 compared to 2020. Manistee County voters delivered 407 more votes for Elissa Slotkin for US Senate than voted for Senator Gary Peters in 2022 while Mike Rogers got 246 votes LESS than the top of the Republican ticket in Manistee County. Our positive messaging helped Manistee County to vote for progressive ideals in 2024!
The 2024 election results were clearly an indication of the rejection of the status quo by the voters. The Republican top of the ticket did not win a majority of voters! In fact, more voters voted for others than voted for the winner of the outdated electoral college system of selecting our chief executive. It was not an historic mandate. It was not an embrace of fascism. The result was part of a global backlash in western democracies in the post-covid/inflation era. Voters rejected incumbents globally this year, but that does not mean the electorate embraced Project 2025, authoritarianism, or fascism. |
Now the exciting work really starts as we reach out and come together across the political chasm to hold all our elected officials accountable for doing the jobs they were selected to fulfill. Promises were made by all candidates during their campaigns, and we expect those elected to work diligently to keep those promises that are properly aligned with the rule of law detailed in our state and federal constitutions. We cannot stand for craven dismantling of our highly valued government services or loss of our legally established rights in the name of “draining the swamp” or revengeful elimination of the fictional “deep state”! Democrats in Manistee County will remain active in 2025 by collaborating with the progressive Indivisible Movement that will provide us with the tools and resources necessary to effectively challenge the dangerous Project 2025 ideology being assembled by the incoming administration. |
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