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  • Some Black Chicagoans Hit by Crime Consider Skipping Midterm Elections

    10/06/2022 8:15:35 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 24 replies
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | Sept. 29, 2022 | Joshua Jamerson and Chad Day
    CHICAGO—Many Black voters in some of Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods are frustrated that Democrats haven’t curbed persistent crime or fixed the economic problems that underpin it, prompting some to weigh sitting out upcoming elections. The Republican effort to win the Illinois governor’s race this fall has centered on calling for more police officers and blaming Democrats for violent crime in Chicago, which last year had one of its worst years since the 1990s before some types of crimes receded this year. Republican aides and strategists said they wouldn’t come close to winning deep-blue areas of the state such as Chicago...
  • Michigan Moderates Sense Jitters on Medicare for All

    11/14/2019 8:09:31 AM PST · by karpov · 6 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | November 14, 2019 | Stephanie Armour and Joshua Jamerson
    The Democratic Party’s internal dispute over Medicare for All has reached this battleground state, and so far, supporters of a single-payer health care system are finding a tough audience. Union members in this labor stronghold state have expressed unease with Medicare for All, fearing they would lose health benefits that were hard-won over years of negotiations. A survey of 600 likely voters commissioned by the Detroit Regional Chamber this summer found that a majority opposed a Medicare for All proposal that would eliminate private health insurance, as proposed by Democratic presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Kamala Harris, a...