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Dems push minimum-wage state by state
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| Contributor | kal |
| Last Edited | kal Jul 22, 2006 08:51pm |
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| Category | General |
| News Date | Sunday, July 23, 2006 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Six states persuaded so far, six more targeted by November
Democratic activists are pushing aggressively to make the minimum wage an election-year issue; they helped persuade several legislatures to boost state minimum wages and want six other states to do likewise through ballot initiatives this November.
Democrats hope any extra turnout for the wage proposals from low-income voters would benefit their candidates, similar to the conservative-voter boost received by some GOP candidates in states with gay-marriage bans on their ballots in 2004.
"The right has been effective with wedge issues," said Kristina Wilfore of the liberal Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. "The left is actually trying to give voters something ... and get them to think about what's fair."
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