Claudia Jordan Takes On Voter Apathy With Warning About Local Power

Claudia Jordan had a blunt response for people who tune out politics. On “The Morning Hustle,” she warned that local races carry real power.

“When people say ‘I don’t do politics,’ I’m like, ‘Well, politics will do you,'” Jordan said.

America Votes executive director Daria C. Dawson joined her for the talk. They spoke with host JeremiahLikeTheBible. The interview was published November 2, ahead of the midterms.

Jordan raised concerns about biased judges in Texas, where she lives. She also cited efforts to silence voters there.

Dawson pointed to school boards. Their choices shape what kids learn and school phone rules. She also noted that state election chiefs oversee how the vote is run. Those races, she said, get less press.

She tied efforts to curb voting to a ballot’s worth, asking, “why are they trying to suppress it?”

The pair had taken that message to Atlanta radio days earlier. On October 29, Jordan and Dawson appeared on WAOK’s “Wake Up With Dee Morning Show”. Dr. Dee Dawkins-Haigler hosted the show with Keith Granberry.

“I just need y’all to care,” Jordan said on that show. “If voting wasn’t so important, they wouldn’t be working so hard to take it away from you.”

Jordan also floated a joking “strike” aimed at men who would not vote or act to protect women’s rights. The talk went beyond the push for turnout. It also touched on the need to hold elected leaders to account throughout the year.

Dawson’s group had also put a count on its work. America Votes laid out that work in an October 30 statement. The group said its partners had held more than 5.1 million voter talks this cycle. It said 3.5 million took place face to face at front doors.

The progressive group’s figures covered work in 27 states. That reach went beyond states and races that tend to get the most national press. Its partners worked on races for Congress.

They also took on state and local races. The group said its partners had signed up more than 1.2 million voters nationwide.

“Our partners know their communities. They know how to reach voters,” Dawson said in the statement.