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Survey: Unregistered, likely GOP voters in Wisconsin, Michigan want to participate in November
Nearly two-thirds of the unregistered, likely Republican voters in Wisconsin and Michigan, want to get registered in time to vote in November.
A new survey from Campaign Now says there is a huge number of untapped, and unregistered voters who lean toward the right and 25% of them want help in getting registered.
“The fact that 62% of the respondents said they were interested in participating in 2024 shows what an opportunity there is for engagement and the fact that nearly a quarter of those respondents said they would like assistance demonstrates that this should be a priority for conservative campaigns, the Republican Party and like-minded public policy organizations,” Campaign Now’s John Connors said.
The survey said there is “a potential unregistered, likely GOP-aligned citizen cohort of about 3 million in the top 5 presidential swing states.”
That includes 311,206 unregistered, likely Republican voters in Wisconsin, and 581,173 unregistered, likely Republican voters in Michigan.
Those are more than enough voters to swing Wisconsin and Michigan to former President Trump this year.
Trump lost Wisconsin to President Biden by just more than 22,000 votes in 2020. He lost Michigan to Biden by about 154,000 votes.
Connors said most of the unregistered likely Republicans have been too busy with work and their families, while a sizable chunk simply do trust their local election officials.
“This may be the toughest citizen group to reach that I’ve ever seen,” Connor said.
“There is a high level of apathy and mistrust in the political and electoral process and a deep inward focus on family and work priorities that makes this group understandably disengaged from registering as a voter, let alone participate in elections.”
Even with the distrust, and a bit of voter apathy, the survey said 62% said they’d like to vote in the 2024 presidential election.
But 62% of those voters also said they have little to no interest in getting the help it would take to register.
Connors said that is an issue, but he said Republicans and conservative grassroots organizations should not give-up on these unregistered voters.
“From my experience with some of the top organizations that focus on activating these types of nonvoters, it can cost $150-200 per new voter if an organization is realistically measuring all-in expenses like staff costs, marketing and advertising expenses when allocating it to a measurable new voter,” Connors explained.
“But once a citizen is registered, they turn out above 93% so it’s really a great investment.”
Campaign Now admits its survey size is small. Connors said they tried to contact about 15,000 unregistered non-voters in Wisconsin and Michigan.
They received 300 completed surveys, of which the 162 sample was only subset that admitted they were unregistered.
(CBS DETROIT) – A Michigan lawmaker wants to ban bump stocks across the state. Senate Bill 942 was proposed less than two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a federal ban on bump stocks.
Bump stocks are attachments that enable a semiautomatic rifle to fire faster. The ban was put in place by the Trump administration after a gunman used bump stocks during the 2017 deadly shooting at a Las Vegas music festival.
“We don’t want to make it easy for people to hurt our citizens,” said Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia).
Polehanki introduced the bill which would ban the purchase, possession, and manufacturing of bump stocks.
“These are small devices, easy to manufacture. They could even, unfortunately, be 3D printed,” she said.
Polehanki said she wants Michigan to join the other states that already have statewide bans on bump stocks in place.
“What’s the need for anyone to have a bump stock?” she asked.
Mac Mallah, a gun store associate at Tactical Edge Gun Shop in Dearborn, said he dislikes the question about why they are needed.
“Why do you need a fancy car? Why do you need a helicopter? Why do you need a soda? You know what I mean? It’s more something I’d like to have, to have fun with it.”
He said he is opposed to the proposed ban on bump stocks.
“I feel like Michigan has been passing all sorts of legislation that doesn’t really stop criminals from getting their hands on guns.”
Polehanki said she started drafting the bill minutes after the Supreme Court overturned the federal ban. She said she hopes to get bipartisan support. For now, the bill is being considered by the Senate Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety.
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – The city of Okemos could have two local winners when it’s all said and done at the 46th Michigan Girls Junior State Amateur.
Wednesday, both rising Okemos senior Alena Li and rising eighth-grader Saisha Patil won quarterfinal match play rounds to move into Thursday’s semifinal rounds in their respective divisions.
Li, also a match play semifinalist a year ago, is into the Final Four in the ‘Overall Division”.
Patil, who’s 15-years-old, is the semifinalist in the “15-and-under Division”.
Li bounced rising Grand Ledge senior Isabel Kelly in Wednesday morning’s Round of 16 with a 6-and-5 winning score.
She then went on to play just 10 holes in the quarterfinal round, in which she birdied six of the holes, to dispatch of Petoskey’s Rachel Fay with a dominant 10-and-8 final score.
Li will take on stroke play runner-up, Traverse City’s Grace Slocum in Thursday’s semifinal at 8:10 a.m.
Patil, which won 5-and-4 in the quarterfinals, will play Grand Blanc’s Madilyn Sheerin Thursday morning with a tee time yet to be announced.
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According to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), residents of the state set a new recycling rate for 2023.
Michigan residents recycled almost 70,000 tons of materials in 2023, which sets a new record for the state. The number of materials increases the state’s recycling rate to 23%, up from 21%, recycling 82,000 tons more than the previous year.
“Recycling is not only the right thing to do but also the smart thing to do,” said EGLE Director Phil Roos.
“We know Michiganders want to recycle the right way, and through our ‘Know It Before You Throw It’ campaign and recycling infrastructure investments, we are providing them with the tools to do just that.”
According to EGLE, Michigan is on pace to achieve its goal of a 30% recycling rate by 2029.
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