I consider myself an independent voter, meaning I look at the individual’s positions on issues, regardless of party, then make an informed decision. But this year has opened my eyes to what each party truly stands for.
I don’t think the Democratic Party has shown any sympathy for parents who have had to rearrange their lives to homeschool their children, to small business owners who have been devastated by the shutdown or for police officers who have been senselessly attacked across this country. Joe Biden has said if he’s elected that he’d shut the whole country down if scientists said it was needed to stop the spread of covid-19.
Businesses that people worked their entire lives for are being closed for good. Some of our cities are becoming unsafe war zones, I think, because Democratic mayors don’t have the spines to stand up to their own political constituencies.
I’m voting straight Republican — Donald Trump for president, Guy Reschenthaler for U.S. House, Kim Ward for state Senate and Mike Reese for state House — because I believe they are the only group of people who have bothered to support working families during this pandemic. The Democratic Party has become the party of school closures, business lockdowns and defunding the police, and that’s why I’m voting straight Republican, in person, Nov. 3.
Jamison Poklembo
Mt. Pleasant Township