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Michigan\u2019s government<\/a> is under full control by the Democrats.<\/p>\n

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer,<\/a> one of the brightest stars in the Democratic Party, won re-election in November by double digits. And Whitmer\u2019s convincing top of the ticket victory helped her party take back control of both houses of the state legislature for the first time in four decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the same time, Michigan Republicans appear in turmoil, facing plenty of negative headlines spotlighting political fistfights between the various factions of the cash-strapped state party.<\/p>\n

But top Democrats \u2014 from Whitmer to longtime Rep. Debbie Dingell \u2014 cognizant of their fragile hold on power \u2014 push back on talk that Michigan\u2019s a blue state.<\/p>\n

HOW THIS CRUCIAL MIDWESTERN BATTLEGROUND SHIFTED FROM PURPLE TO RED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Republicans dominated in Michigan elections from 1972 through 1988. But the state became part of \u2018blue wall\u2019 that backed Democratic nominees in six straight presidential elections from 1972 through 2012.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Former President Donald Trump<\/a> changed the equation in 2016, and his narrow flipping of the state helped him win the White House over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. But President Biden captured Michigan by nearly three points in the 2020 election, as he brought Michigan back into the Democrats\u2019 column and denied Trump re-election. Trump\u2019s 2020 defeat in the state were a precursor to GOP\u2019s 2022 setbacks.<\/p>\n

WHAT’S BEHIND GEORGIA’S TRANSFORMATION FROM RELIABLY RED STATE TO TOP BATTLEGROUND?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“It\u2019s still in the middle but slightly more likely to be on the Democratic side,” Michigan based political scientist Matt Grossmann told Fox News.<\/p>\n

Grossman, director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University, noted that Trump\u2019s success wooing working class voters in 2016 helped the GOP pierce the blue wall.<\/p>\n

“Michigan has a lot of the population that has trended towards Republicans nationwide,” Grossman emphasized. And he added that the state\u2019s “unionization rate is going down, which historically had kept the white working class vote closer to the Democrats.”<\/p>\n

HOW THIS ONETIME SWING STATE IN AMERICA’S HEARTLAND TURNED BRIGHT RED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

But the Democrats\u2019 successes in Michigan at the ballot box in 2022 may not be a barometer of things to come in 2024, when the state\u2019s 15 electoral votes (down from 21 in the 1970\u2019s) will be up for grabs in the presidential election and Democrats will be defending an open Senate seat as they try to retain their majority in the chamber.<\/p>\n

“The governor\u2019s race may not have been indicative of overall Republican strength in the state and all three of the statewide candidates were very Trumpy and associated with election denial and the sort of the extremes of the GOP,” Grossman said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And political strategists from both parties also spotlight that abortion won\u2019t be on the ballot again in 2024, after the approval last year of a sweeping amendment to the Michigan constitution that guaranteed the right to abortion and other reproductive health services, and likely also fueled Democratic turnout.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/this-great-lakes-battleground-shifted-red-blue-purple-recent-decades-back-to-blue <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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