{"id":1202,"date":"2024-01-09T06:33:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T06:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2024-07-05T10:12:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T14:12:34","slug":"the-munsonians-guide-to-the-2024-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/09\/the-munsonians-guide-to-the-2024-election\/","title":{"rendered":"The Munsonians Guide to the 2024 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1202\" class=\"elementor elementor-1202\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-089153e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"089153e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e512b6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e512b6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fb640 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36fb640\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26849df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26849df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*Updates are to be made after the Democratic National Convention*<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f85329e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f85329e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a84fe47 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a84fe47\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23bdb58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23bdb58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>01.09.2024 \/ Last updated 02.09.2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb0dc47 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eb0dc47\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-406838c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"406838c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\">Once again, here we are in another year that everyone calls \u201cthe most important election of our lifetime.\u201d None of us are enthusiastic about what we\u2019re getting in return for doing the bare minimum, and we\u2019re either reluctantly doing that civic duty thing called \u201cvoting,\u201d or we even want to be engaged yet are pushed out of the political process altogether. And all the while, we live in a red state where it just doesn\u2019t matter! But if you live here in town and want to do the darndest you can to save the country from:<\/span><\/p><ol><li><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\">Abortion bans<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/conservatives-aim-to-restructure-u-s-government-and-replace-it-with-trumps-vision\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Project 2025<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\">Internment camps<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\">Mike Johnson projecting his insecurities onto your sex life<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\">Already crumbling Social Security programs being destroyed once and for all<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Georgia',serif;\">Then this will be your saving grace! <\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">This story will continue being updated between now and election day,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Georgia',serif;\">and after it\u2019s all over we can go out to brunch!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6b54eb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d6b54eb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-850e4c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"850e4c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Presidential Race:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c81fe85 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c81fe85\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bd51d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0bd51d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6);\">If you want an idea of how canvassing can help get votes, look at the state of Michigan. Michigan went from being the state where Hillary Clinton lost by 10,704 votes in 2016 to&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: var(--text-align); color: rgb(51, 153, 102);\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/joe-biden-gained-edge-michigan\/story?id=74059066\">Joe Biden winning by almost 150,000 in 2020<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6);\">. A major part of this had to do with the successes of the Southpaw Michigan PAC, responsible for 483,000 phone calls and 1.5 million text messages, and #VoteTrump Out, which did 0ver 300,000 calls and 1.4 million texts, focusing on the swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona. It\u2019s also worth mentioning that one helpful method was \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: var(--text-align); color: rgb(51, 153, 102);\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/jacobin.com\/2020\/11\/trump-michigan-election-biden-rashida-tlaib\">reverse coattails<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6);\">,\u201d where they gave funding to local progressive candidates that helped bring enthusiasm and gain more straight Democrat ticket votes.<\/span><br><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px; font-family: Georgia, serif;\">Voting resources in town include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6); text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px; font-family: Georgia, serif;\">Delaware County Democratic Party (214 N. Walnut St, Muncie, IN 47305)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6); text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px; font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bsu.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organization\/CollegeDemocrats\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">College Democrats at Ball State<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px; text-indent: -24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muncieresists.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Muncie Resists<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;has previously done phone banking nationally, and this year hopes to bring people to Ohio to knock door to door.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madvoters.org\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6);\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">MADVoters<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px; text-indent: -24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lwv.org\/local-leagues\/lwv-muncie-delaware\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">League of Women Voters<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cb4e4c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1cb4e4c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11210b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11210b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pushing Joe Biden<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-249d118 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"249d118\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a3fc1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a3fc1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Let me make the case for this: Realistically there isn&#8217;t a viable alternative. The third party candidates are either conservative leaning (RFK Jr. and Chase Oliver) or left-wing without a strong voter base (Cornel West and Jill Stein). But Biden&#8217;s policies to have to be pushed to the left, because beating Trump isn&#8217;t just about appealing to persuadable Republicans, as it is in the eyes of the DNC, but enlivening potential working class voters who are alienated from the electoral process. Biden in 2020 went from saying on the campaign that &#8220;<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"http:\/\/hat \u201cnothing would fundamentally change\u201d if he were president, to later promising to be the most pro-union president. And while we know how little progress he\u2019s made in terms of abortion rights or student debt, that change in his rhetoric would not have happened if it weren\u2019t for criticism from the Left or a second run by Bernie Sanders. So if you want challengers to push Biden\u2019s campaign to different positions, consider supporting:\">nothing would fundamentally change<\/a><\/span>&#8221; if he were president, to later promising to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/12\/01\/biden-promises-to-be-the-most-pro-union-president-and-rep.html\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">the most pro-union president<\/span><\/a>. And while we know how little progress he&#8217;s made in terms of abortion rights or student debt, that change in his rhetoric would not have happened if it weren&#8217;t for criticism from the left or a second run by Bernie Sanders.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b02b89 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3b02b89\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a7ebd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a7ebd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6);\">Before going into a soapbox about spoiler candidates, realize that what the DNC could actually do instead of blaming their loses on a third party is competing with them on policies that are popular with the American people. But instead they go on blaming Ralph Nader and Jill Stein for their own failures, even though mathematically they aren&#8217;t ruining anything for the Democrats.\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px; font-family: Georgia, serif;\">If you\u2019re donating some of your hard-earned money, please don\u2019t do it for Biden.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px; font-family: Georgia, serif;\">By all means, do canvassing or phone banking for him, but donations to the DNC won\u2019t go far whatsoever. Other than endless emails about donating even more, we can\u2019t expect that money to go anywhere. Since Biden&#8217;s team isn&#8217;t going to care about making voters enthusiastic about his campaign, instead consider helping out in these key elections:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65891bf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"65891bf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f23142c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f23142c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Elections outside of Indiana:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5061458 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5061458\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42ef790 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42ef790\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">NY 17<span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">th<\/span>&nbsp;district: TBD<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">NY 3rd district (Special Election):&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"background-color: #fefdc6;\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/ts_web\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Tom Suozzi<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">NJ 7<span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">th<\/span><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&nbsp;district: TBD<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">CA 27<span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">th<\/span><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&nbsp;district: TBD<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">MI 7<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">th<\/span><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&nbsp;district: <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/hertel-website\">Curtis Hertel<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">MI 8<span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">th<\/span><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">&nbsp;district: TBD<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">CO 3<span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;\">rd<\/span>&nbsp;district:<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.numero.ai\/contribute\/Adam-for-Congress\">&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #339966;\">Adam Frisch<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">OR 5<span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;\">th<\/span>&nbsp;district:&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/jsb-website?express_lane=true\">Janelle Bynun<\/a><\/span>\/<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/jamiefororegonwebsite\">Jamie McLeod-Skinner<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">WA 3<span style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;\">rd<\/span>&nbsp;district:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/mpg_popup?refcode=2209&amp;amount=25\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Marie Perez<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">West Virginia Senate:<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/shrewsbury-for-senate-main\"> Zachary Shrewsbury<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Montana Senate:&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/rjt-website-header\">Jon Tester<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Ohio Senate:&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/sherrod-brown-ads-23?refcode=ads_sem_gs_d2d_acq_nat_branded-0323&amp;amount=25&amp;amounts=25%2C35%2C50%2C100%2C250%2C500&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA4smsBhAEEiwAO6DEjapkuKYiXAzEeLxDaAR0ttspibffKsJ9cq7uAO5uO3inYz_iGHqq6hoCQvAQAvD_BwE\">Sherrod Brown<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Pennsylvania Senate:&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/ms-ads-bc-20230410-dd-gs-natl-launch?source=ads_ms_BC_20230410-BC-DD-GS-Natl-Launch_electkywd-1865-MF_a005-ProtectPA-gstxt-rst_p%3Abob%20casey&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA4smsBhAEEiwAO6DEjShpibfKQskNdPMgNKd6e90Qiwf7C4s-CBRJybuUv5_wK35WEBqGkRoCzTMQAvD_BwE\">Bob Casey<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Arizona Senate:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/ruben-website?refcode=website-nav-top\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Ruben Gallego<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;(running against Kari Lake)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Nevada Senate:&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/rosenfornevada_ads?refcode=ads_mw_gs_d2d_evergreen_0123_nat&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA4smsBhAEEiwAO6DEjWvU4yRCkYVQHOrpsqXPZdD6aGK2KaBmEJeKMkHl_Mv_S2ElbiUFxRoCv8IQAvD_BwE\">Jacky Rosen<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Wisconsin Senate:&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/tbdefault-2?refcode=website\">Tammy Baldwin<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Michigan Senate: TBD<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Texas Senate: TBD (three candidates running in primary, no definitive lead)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32c13ee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32c13ee\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a99e46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a99e46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Seats That Could Be Flipped in Indiana:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50b092a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"50b092a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54bd535 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54bd535\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">93 &#8211; Edgewood\/West Southport<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">24 &#8211; Westfield\/District above Carmel<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">37 &#8211; Surrounding Noblesville<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">4 &#8211; Valparaiso<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">25 &#8211; North Brownsberg\/Zionsville<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">26 &#8211; Anderson<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">39 &#8211; Carmel<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">62 &#8211; Between Bloomington and Columbus<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">5 &#8211; North Mishawaka to the Michigan border<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97f9c4d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"97f9c4d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bdaf19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0bdaf19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jennifer McCormick For Governor<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a13e878 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a13e878\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7b75eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e7b75eb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19287ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19287ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Jennifer McCormick is the only declared candidate in her field and one with high name recognition at that. So far she has done fundraising near here, and we can hope for more events in Muncie\/Delaware County. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mccormickforgov.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">volunteer here<\/span><\/a> and <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/jfg-website\">donate here<\/a><\/span>. Her opponent is current Indiana Senator Mike Braun, who won against then-incumbent Joe Donnelley in 2018.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1218b2a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1218b2a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c29fe07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c29fe07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1187\" src=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Call-to-Action-1-1536x1187.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-1239\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Call-to-Action-1-1536x1187.png 1536w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Call-to-Action-1-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Call-to-Action-1-1024x791.png 1024w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Call-to-Action-1-768x593.png 768w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Call-to-Action-1-2048x1583.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ee8f1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ee8f1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Call to Action for Jennifer McCormick campaign<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b61961c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b61961c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af60484 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af60484\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6th Congressional District:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2891ede e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2891ede\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bf4dec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bf4dec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Mike Pence&#8217;s brother has declared he won&#8217;t run for reelection this year. Flipping the seat from any Republican would be difficult, but the real kicker is that Pence didn&#8217;t do any campaigning, and refused to debate opponents. So if you want to have some fun this election season, make the candidate HAVE TO respond. Call them a coward, make requests for comment even if you aren&#8217;t actually from the press, and anything else you can think of to crawl under the skin of the ghoulish campaign staff. Be realistic and don&#8217;t expect a miracle, but don&#8217;t throw in the towel that easily. Pence ignored opponents for good reason, and if he had to acknowledge their existence then it wouldn&#8217;t have been as easy of a race for him.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Speaking of&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5af9ff2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5af9ff2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec97fc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec97fc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">County Seats:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-386ed58 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"386ed58\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd34b50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd34b50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6);\">Chris Musick and Roger Overbey have both announced that they&#8217;re running for At-Large.<\/span><br><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\">There&#8217;s also County Commissioner candidate on the&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6);\">Republican ticket&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6);\">Stephen Brand, who is no doubt even more of a MAGAhead than Ryan Webb, and was appointed to head the MSD by that level headed mayor of ours.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">He&#8217;s running for the District 1 seat held by James King, who he beat in his primary. Of the three County Commissioner seats, which are essentially the executive part of decision making here, two are up for election. The other is District 2 held by Republican Sherry Riggin. In the 2022 midterms District 3 went Republican and without an opposing candidate filed. County Commissioner seats are an executive part of the county and we have no clue who&#8217;s running in opposition.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47a380e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"47a380e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b8cbc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b8cbc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Expect more updates between now and November, including specifics on volunteering opportunities and more candidates in key 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