(NewsNation) — Former President Donald Trump is projected to win Michigan, taking 15 electoral votes in the crucial swing state, according to NewsNation/Decision Decision Desk HQ. See the results of the presidential race in all states here.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump had been neck and neck in key battleground states, including Michigan, leading up to the election, according to polling by NewsNation partner The Hill.
Michigan had 16 electoral votes in 2020, but because it lost population in the 2020 census, the state now only has 15.
Beginning in 1972, the state voted Republican in five presidential elections before flipping to the Democrats in 1992 in favor of Bill Clinton.
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Since then, the state has been consistently blue but flipped in 2016 to support Trump. This turned the reliably blue state into a battleground state, even though Biden brought the state back to the Democratic Party when he won in 2020.
The war in Gaza was a driving force for voters in the state as it’s home to one of the largest Arab American and Muslim populations in the nation.
During a Detroit-area rally on the campaign trail in August, Harris was interrupted by anti-war protestors. She responded by saying, “If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that. Otherwise, I’m speaking.” The response got swift backlash from anti-war voters who called her remarks dismissive.
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Trump also made multiple stops in Michigan, appealing mainly to the state’s autoworkers whose jobs he said would be protected if he’s elected.
He also chose the state to make his first public event after an apparent second assassination attempt at his Florida golf course.
An October survey from Emerson College Polling and The Hill showed the economy was the top issue for nearly half of Michigan voters, followed by immigration, health care and threats to democracy.
