Minimum wage ballot issue could boost Dem chances in Ohio

Dems in Ohio would stand a very good chance of winning statewide races if the minimum wage issue gets on the ballot in November...

It's the ace up the Democrats' sleeve.

That's what some say about the drive to raise Ohio's minimum wage.

If labor and anti-poverty groups can get that issue on the November ballot, some political experts contend, Democratic voters will be much more likely to go to the polls. They will pick their party's candidates to serve as governor and U.S. senator and in a fistful of other key positions. And, in the process, they'll wrest political control of Ohio -- maybe even the U.S. Senate -- from a Republican Party hampered by scandal and a president with a historically low approval rating.

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The actual dollars amount doesn't seem like it would make it an emotional issue to drive the rethug vote out since only 3% of people make minimum wage anyway, but tying it to the inflation index just might have the opposite effect by bringing out the rethug vote since it will be a costly initiative in years to come.




Unless Ohio is poverty stricken, I'm not sure minimum wage issue will be that emotional of an issue.

Time will tell

so many of them will be voting to increase their salaries as well.

at least a lot of them here in Ohio do.

which is pretty good for us. I would like, and it surely should be, that they all vote for us but I would take a 2 to 1 victory every day and twice on Sunday.

The biggest danger in some of these ballot initiatives is over-reaching - trying to ask for too much.

....... hvaing the same folks who hated Reagan's 'welfare queens' voting against the hated 'underclass' of 'lazy assed minimum wage losers'.

Oh trust me, the part of Ohio im from, you see it all the time. Cincinnati's west side is the worst.

Low end service jobs are taking over manufacturing jobs. Minimum wages petitioners are beginnning to go door to door in all the counties to make sure they have enough legitimate names to get on the ballot this November.

After he retired, Mr. cmd worked part time at one of the big box hardware stores. It was an eye opener to him when he would go into the break room and hear stories of workers, mostly single mothers, who were trying to make ends meet on minimum wage jobs. He often shared his lunch with those who had nothing to eat. Now the cost of gas to get to work has really eaten into their paychecks.

Something has to be done to shift some of the corporate profits back to the workers. Every cent of their money goes back into the economy. It only make sense to raise the minimum wage.

I heard him speak at a Democrats meeting in Mentor Saturday. He emphasized the minimum wage measure, and he said to find "five people" and work on them. Find five friends and/or coworkers and work them with Democratic talking points until the election.

So there's your orders!