Silence won.

Silence...

That’s what Oklahoma heard yesterday in its primary and state question elections. Not sure what I mean? Look at the horrible turnout for yesterday’s primary races and the proposed state question in Oklahoma. The turnout should alarm everyone. 

• In the Democratic primary for Governor, only 172,366 voted out of 564,700 registered Democrats (30%). 
• In the Republican primary for Governor, only 402,917 voted out of 1,207,548 registered Republicans (33%). 
• For state question 832, only 630,085 voted out of 2.2M+ total registered voters (28%). It doesn’t matter what party you belong to or where you stand on the issues, every single Oklahoman should find this troubling. 

It's easy to look at political outcomes and feel frustrated. I get it, really, I do. I have been frustrated a lot but seeing the turnout so low… makes me angry. I don’t care if it’s a major election or primary election, we must show up. We can't build a better Oklahoma when most of us leave the decision-making to a small fraction of our population. If you’re one of those who isn’t into ‘politics', voting isn’t political. Voting is sharing what you believe, using your voice. It’s saying this is what I want or this is who I want to represent me. We cannot be happy with this anymore. 

Stop the silence, Oklahoma. Our future depends on every single one of us. 

 #Vote #OklahomaStandard? #CivicEngagement

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Statistics from https://independentvoterproject.org/voter-stats/ok and https://results.okelections.gov/OKER/?elecDate=20260616.