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February 23, 2007

Initiative Process Cuts Both Ways

Democrats in Salem who are right now working to make the initiative process more difficult would do well to take notice of the benefits to the Left that resulted from minimum wage ballot initiatives in last year's elections. According to the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, those minimum wage initiatives boosted voter turnout in five states last year – and the turnout was disproportionately high among key Democratic voting blocks: African-Americans, unmarried voters, and women, all of whom tend to be heavily affected by wage issues. And it was no accident – stealing a page from the Republicans' playbook, Democrats specifically targeted the initiatives to areas where a boost in Democratic turnout was needed. I hope that the Democrats don't succumb to the temptation to throw the bathwater out with Bill Sizemore.

Posted by Becky at February 23, 2007 09:50 AM