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Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 08:42 PM Aug 2016

Hillary just won Arizona: $12 Arizona minimum-wage measure on Nov. ballot judge rules

$12 Arizona minimum-wage measure on the November ballot, judge rules

The fight over Arizona's minimum wage is on the general election ballot, at least for now.

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge dismissed Friday a lawsuit challenging thousands of petitions gathered supporting the citizen ballot initiative to increase Arizona's minimum wage to $12 over the next four years. Opponents of the measure could appeal the decision.

Jim Barton, the attorney representing the Fair Wages and Healthy Families campaign, said nothing can keep the minimum-wage effort off the ballot — save an appeal and higher court reversal of Friday's decision. But he said he’s confident “voters are going to get a chance to raise the minimum wage.”

The Fair Wages and Healthy Families campaign collected 120,000 more signatures than the 150,642 needed to qualify for the ballot. .............


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stopbush

(24,396 posts)
1. Yep. All she has to do is GOTV with all those minimum wage earners.
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 08:47 PM
Aug 2016

"Vote yourself a raise, and vote for Hillary who's fighting to raise working-class wages everywhere."

What is the R reply? "You're paid too much already, and we should be doing away with time-and-a-half overtime pay. Vote against yourself - vote Republican?"

mr clean

(170 posts)
2. Is this good news...to $12 over the next four years?
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 08:51 PM
Aug 2016

I think it should be $15.00 NOW. Sorry, but $12 in four years, it's just for votes.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
4. Just for votes? Tell that to the people who can't afford food.
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 08:57 PM
Aug 2016

Seriously? Do you know anything about Arizona and their right to work economy?

SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
6. Why would she have up to this point?
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 09:02 PM
Aug 2016

AZ has been a solidly red state worth 11 electoral votes while the Rust Belt and FL are actual swing states. Sure, it may be pink this cycle because of Trump, but if a Democrat is banking serious hours on winning AZ this early in the cycle, they are in big trouble.

Johnny2X2X

(19,038 posts)
5. Agree
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 08:59 PM
Aug 2016

These ballot issues decide the way the state goes. And this just swung a state that was likely to be +1-2 for Trumpsky to +3-4 Hillary.

This is huge for Hillary and also very bad for McCain.

SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
9. I'm skeptical...
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 09:17 PM
Aug 2016

The Republicans are masters at getting folks to vote against their own economic interests. This should make it close.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
12. Last six weeks of polling averages even at 43%
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 01:16 AM
Aug 2016

This in the context of Clinton rapidly gaining 10 points on Trump quite recently. Now the likely voter demographic will shift blue too as low wage workers are all saying, "You bet your ass I'm voting."

Clinton expands battleground state map with push into Arizona, Georgia

Representatives of Hillary Clinton’s campaign phoned state Democratic leaders in Arizona and Georgia this week to alert them of plans to begin transferring funds to hire more field organizers in those states, according to several Democratic officials familiar with the calls.

Polls in both states — which Republican nominee Mitt Romney carried in 2012 — show a tightening race .....

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
13. Studies find most people primarily vote their principles, even
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 04:48 AM
Aug 2016

when they clearly see that it hurts them economically.

Right-wing manipulators have worked hard to increase the natural conservative inclination to believe in a natural order which means government meddling must cause more problems than it solves. They've succeeded in making their electorate far more reactionary and hostile to government than it was, BUT, they were working on what's already there.

I agree and also doubt that this automatically benefits the Democrats, though I hope so. Conservative worry that liberals are destroying the country might conceivably help GOTV.

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