Raising Minimum Wage Can Yank Millions Out of Poverty and Jump-Start Economy

[ProgressiveEconomist]

32. Would a state MW wage ballot initiative ever by itself turn out

many NO voters who would have stayed home without its presence on the ballot? I think not. Those Fox "News" addicts would have gotten to the polls in any case. That's the relevance of "that never happens" here.

Meanwhile, there's a big group of poor workers who see their kids doing without every day, but rarely get to the polls on election day. THAT's the group a MW ballot initiative motivates to turn out and vote. Given how close swing-state elections often are, even a 2 or 4 percent increase in Democratic party votes could swing Senate seats and even swing some imperfectly gerrymandered House districts.

I believe minimum-wage ballot initiatives are worth trying in any statewide election where governor's mansions, statehouses, or US Senate seats are in play.
This is a strategy whose use should be limited only by 27 state laws that don't allow them and by solid Red voters who don't make any statewide election close.