Robert Doar on the Midterms, 2028, and Why Your Vote Matters

Just a few days ago on a beautiful Ann Arbor fall afternoon, Robert Doar, president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), came back to campus to talk with The Review. A year after his first visit, the conversation ranged from Ukraine to Michigan's Senate race to the shape of American politics after 2028. Underneath all of it ran a simple theme: the system works only if people take part in it, and tomorrow is the moment to do that. “American democracy at work” Asked what he expects from the midterms, Doar skipped the predictions. “I'm not a prognosticator,” he said, and he doesn't study every poll. What he does expect, and hope for, is “American democracy at work, elections all across America.” He urged people to appreciate the process itself: the door knocking, the campaigning, the voters showing up. “Lots of parts of the world don't do that,” he said, pointing to China and Russia. The contrast he drew is important.

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