So how did we do, SW Rochester?

So how did we do? As many of you know one of the most important things we do in SW Rochester is vote. What?? Yes, vote. Because politicians pay attention to which communities vote, and which neighborhoods vote. Just like Walmart, they put services in communities that vote. Communities with higher voting patterns get more stuff. Stuff? Yes, stuff, more regular road maintenance (which results in lower costs to us when our exhaust system doesn’t fall off), They steer new businesses AND JOBS, and other government services to those neighborhoods. Why? Because they want to get reelected. The same is true whether they are Republicans or Democrats, NO difference in that area.

So we just had an election. Remember we elected the Governor and our State Senator Jeremy Cooney among others. So how did we do?

First a little background, SW Rochester is made up of two legislative Districts the 25th and 27th. Where did those numbers come from, I don’t know, but that’s what they are.

So in 2020, there were 53,300 people living in SW Rochester. In 2022 there were 27,086 registered voters in those two areas. That means 50% of the people in SW Rochester are voters. Now obviously not every one of those 53,300 people can vote because some of them are children! However, go with me here.

Now on election day between those two districts, 9947 people voted. So 36% of registered voters in the 25th District voted and 37% of registered voters voted in the 27th District. Go you two!

OK for an off-year, non-presidential election that wasn’t horrible. It wasn’t great, but it wasn’t horrible.

But wait a minute, because this is the bad part, the BAD part. That means that of the entire population of SW Rochester, only 18% of us voted. Now that is horrible! WE CAN DO BETTER! WE MUST DO BETTER. I want better roads. I want more government investment in jobs, streets, schools, and libraries in SW Rochester. I want more jobs and job creation in SW Rochester. This means I want you to go and register to vote, and if you already are, get a friend or neighbor to register to Vote.