Republicans have used hot-button social issues like gay marriage for years as a tool to help energize turnout; some contend that the same-sex marriage issue on the Ohio 2004 ballot helped re-elect President Bush. Now Democrats are trying to take a page out of the GOP playbook by backing state ballot initiatives calling for a boost in the minimum wage.
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