Gretchen Whitmer
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389 appearances
16 recordings
10 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 17 Apr
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Up First from NPR · Michigan's Governor Fears Interference in this Fall's Elections · 20 Jan 2026
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Yes.
Probably a lot of things that play into it.
But as we're seeing right now, who your leaders are matter more than ever.
Who your governor is plays an outsized role in whether or not you've got a stable statewide economy in which to make an investment or which you can get a degree or a skill set that gets you in a good paying job.
And so I do think that what we've seen in Michigan, we had the highest youth voter turnout in my reelection than in the country.
People understood that what we were doing really mattered at the state level.
And so I do think that in a non-presidential year, this is a moment where we can connect what governors are doing, what people's lives, how they're impacted by what happens at the state level.
Well, you know, I was addressing a need, right?
When I said that, some people kind of pushed back and said, oh, are you abandoning your plans to help women get ahead?
And I said, no, of course not.
I'm recognizing that there's a unique vulnerability here, though.
When we look at the efforts that we undertook to make college or skill sets more affordable, women were signing up two-to-one to men.
When we announced opportunities that bring down the cost of a first home payment, women were signing up two to one for men.
We were not reaching men.
So did we design a bunch of programs for men alone?
No, but we do more outreach to make sure that we are meeting men where they are so they understand what's available to them too.
Because we want an opportunity for every person, not some, not this group, not that group, but so that every person has that chance to get ahead, to
get the job they want, to get the home, an affordable home that we all need.
You know, I don't know all of the different pressures.
I've been studying it.
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