No “Red Wave”!
- Lisle Township’s Mental Health Board referendum won handily! Congratulations to all who worked so hard on this!
- The “Workers’ Rights Amendment” has also apparently passed.
- Representatives Foster, Casten, and Underwood all won re-election.
- Senator Tammy Duckworth was re-elected.
- Governor Pritzker and the entire statewide slate all won re-election.
- Every election-denying secretary of state candidate (and most governor candidates at this point) lost. This is great news for the integrity of the next presidential election.
- Democrats retain control of the U.S. Senate. Senator Raphael Warnock and Hershel Walker will compete in a runoff election.
- Complete DuPage County results here: dupageresults.gov.
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Effective Messaging From Demcast: “President Biden Delivers”

Polled approval ratings for President Biden have been maddeningly low despite unprecedented accomplishments. How can we communicate how effective he has been? For that matter, how can all Democrats use social media to get our message across?
The website, Demcast, has as its mission “To cultivate, amplify & maximize the impact of grassroots digital media, bolstering blue electoral and policy victories at all levels of government, across America.” The recent posting, President Biden Delivers, is not a simple opinion piece but a how-to blueprint for getting the message across. It includes an interactive infographic that can be freely shared. Take it for a spin!
Since this site was pointed out to me (thanks, Diane Hewitt and Holly Hootman!) I’ve yet to digest what it has to offer, but it’s well worth exploration. Here are some recent offerings:
- How to Convince People to Vote in 2022
- GIFs and Memes for Biden Wins
- A Simple Thing Everyone Can Do To Protect the Vote and Our Democracy (about disinformation)
- Illinois content
Have fun!
Next General Meeting August 8th
LTDO’s next General Meeting (aka “Membership Meeting”) will be held at Nichols Library from 6-8 PM and via Zoom at http://bit.ly/08-08-22-LTDO. We’ll have two speakers about two referenda. One is a labor rights referendum, and we’ll hear from an expert on the topic: Josh Weger, policy director IN, IL, & IA Foundation for Fair Contracting. The other, of course, is the 708 Mental Health referendum, and we’ll hear from someone from the local 708 group to update us.
Martin Luther King Day of Service
From President Biden’s Proclamation:
Living up to his legacy, and what Dr. King believed our Nation could become requires more than just reflection — it requires action. We must protect the hard-fought gains he helped achieve and continue his unfinished struggle. That is why the Congress must pass Federal legislation to protect the right to vote — a right that is under attack by a sinister combination of voter suppression and election subversion. We must confront the scourge of racism and white supremacy — a stain on our Nation — and give hate no safe harbor in America. We must strive to achieve not just political equality but also economic justice so that workers can earn a decent living, students can learn safely, the sick can access health care, the poor can climb out of poverty, the elderly can age with dignity, and everyone in America can live without discrimination or fear.
MLK Day of Service (Americorps)
Special Chair Chat
with Ken Mejia-Beal
Chair Democratic Party of DuPage Co
featuring
State Rep. Anne Stava-Murray State
Central Committeeman Patrick Watson
moderator
Dianne McGuire Indivisible Naperville
Preregister at the link below
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsd-2pqj0oE9HxXWt3BHb0VM0i4CJOOkBO