lives better, growing an economy that creates real opportunity for all people, when the public has the opportunity to make their voice heard, boy, did they make it heard loud and clear here in michigan. and i think if we had fairly drop districts across the country, we would have a very different dynamic playing out across the u.s. right now. we know abortion was a very important issue. republicans tried to keep that ballot measure off the state ballot because they knew what was coming. they could see it was bad for them. it obviously passed. how important was this idea of democracy? jow have had first hand experience with what it looks like when people don t believe elections should count and they should have their way no matter what, including using violence. how important was the democracy message in your view to the results of the election for democrats? i think it was very important. you know, my opponent was someone who was stoking political violence, making light of a plot t