Up North Progressive

The Michigan Democratic Primary is on March 8, 2016. Any person 18 years or older by that date may vote. Today is the last day to register at the Secretary of State.

The Democratic Party currently has two candidates running for the presidential nomination: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Senator of Vermont Bernie Sanders.

Bernie Sanders’ entire career has been in politics. Currently, he is a member of the US Senate as an independent. This presidential campaign is his first time to run in the Democratic primary. Senator Sanders sponsored three bills that passed, two of them to rename a post office. Sanders’ campaign promises include convincing a conservative Republican congress that has voted to repeal Obamacare over 50 times to pass universal health care, and to make enemies of Wall Street.

Hillary Clinton is the first former First Lady to be elected to public office. As Senator of New York, she sponsored 711 bills. Other accomplishments include expanding health care for children and veterans, negotiating a cease fire between Zionist occupiers of Palestine and Palestinians, and declared women’s rights and LGBT rights are human rights. Her campaign issues include gun violence prevention, immigration reform, climate change, and campaign finance reform.

The importance of the Democratic Party holding on to the White House in 2016 is critical. The next president will appoint new Supreme Court Justices. The current court has ruled on a number of issues that have had negative effects on campaign finance and voting rights, and imposing fundamentalist religious law over the will of the American people.

Please register to vote today if you haven’t already. On March 8, vote for the Democratic candidate of your choice, and vote blue no matter who in November.