Iparticipated in my first presidential election in 1992 — well, sort of. Glen Dale Elementary School set up a mock election for the students to participate in, and I remember going into the voting booth and proudly voting for President George H.W. Bush. I guess it’s fair to say I was voting Republican in West Virginia long before it was in style.

President Bush lost that election in a landslide to a relatively unknown Arkansas governor — Bill Clinton. The reason for the 1992 outcome can largely be attributed to voter sentiment that was summed up by Clinton’s chief strategist, James Carville, when he said, “It’s the economy, stupid!”

Thirty-three years later and the same still holds true — it’s the economy, stupid — and the business case for demanding action on this topic is real.

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