Democrats Unite – For progress! For change! For the people!
Democrats Unite – For progress! For change! For the people! Join the Macoupin County Democratic Party today! Get involved, donate, volunteer, help organize and vote blue!
Get out & Vote!
Today we have more options to vote than ever before! Registered voters can apply to vote by mail, vote early up to 2 weeks before Election day at a convenient location or vote on Election day at their local polling place. The County Clerk is the election authority in Macoupin County. As the election authority, …
Canvassing For JB Pritzker This Weekend?
Hey everybody: Canvassing for JB Pritzker will take place this Saturday from 10-1. Meet at 307 W 4th North, Mt. Olive. Canvassing will be in Mt. Olive, Benld, Gillespie and Staunton. Meet up again Sunday at same location to walk from 1-3! For more info call 217-691-7831. Be there or be square!
Macoupin County & The NRA
Living in Macoupin County gives us the blessings of living a rural lifestyle. We know our neighbors, enjoy the country scenery and send our kids to schools where we know everyone from the superintendent to the lunch ladies. Our beloved rural lifestyle also means guns and the NRA. How do we justify gun ownership in …
JFK Revisited by Pat Kowal, Carlinville #3
Fifty-six years ago, John F. Kennedy issued a challenge to all Americans: “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” We’ve come a long way from there, unfortunately in the wrong direction. Certainly, our governor seems more interested in promoting his own agenda rather than doing what’s …
A Journey with Mother Jones by Jim Goltz, Dorchester #1
I have been thinking a lot about Mother Jones lately. She chose Macoupin County as her final resting place. She may have been the most effective labor agitator in our history. Writer and poet, Upton Sinclair wrote “she was the walking wrath of God”. Even in her death in 1930 she made a statement. The …
#DoYourJob By Lee LoBue, Carlinville #2 Precinct
If you’ve followed the ongoing budget crisis in Springfield over the last year or so, you’ve probably seen #DoYourJob affixed to countless social media posts, stories, and comments*. #DoYourJob has been a rallying cry for Democrats, service providers, students, teachers, and concerned citizens across Illinois who are calling on Governor Rauner to, well, do his job. Our state …
Indivisible – Resisting the Trump Agenda
For most of you reading this, election night 2016 was not a good night. I remember watching returns, first in a state of denial, then rage, then fear, then plain old depression. How could this country elect a president known for impulsivity (among other things) who is the commander-in-chief of our armed forces? How could …
No More Business As Usual For Macoupin Dems by Josh Ross
If the surprising and unanticipated results of the 2016 election should have taught us anything here in Macoupin County, it’s very simply that there is no more business as usual for us Dems. We have been fortunate for decades here in Macoupin County. We have been viewed throughout the state as a bastion of Democratic …
Where do we go from here?
What you see depends upon where you stand. I was thinking about that old political axiom the other day when someone asked me what was the future of the Democratic Party here in Macoupin County and nationally? To me, at least, the answer was pretty clear. But first a short story from the last election. …
