The Republican Party Has Two New High Profile Members
Here's What Kamala Harris Had to Say to the Teamsters. It's Pretty Funny.
Ex-CNN Reporter's Take About the GOP and the Media Gets Shredded With One...
Watch Barstool's Dave Portnoy Save a Pizzeria From Closing
Key Facts About the Saudi National Accused of Terrorist Attack at German Christmas...
Donald Trump Blasts Joe Biden for Commuting Sentences of Death Row Inmates
This Democratic Lawmaker Just Exploited Suicidal Veterans to Promote a Large-Capacity Maga...
10 New Ideas to Make America's Economy Great Again in 2025
US Lifts $10M Bounty on De Facto Syrian Leader's Head. Here's What He...
Mulvaney Explains What's Really Going on With Trump's Panama Threat
Greenland's PM Responds to Trump Saying US Ownership of Island Is 'Absolute Necessity'
Illegal immigrant Charged in NYC Subway Murder Was Previously Deported
Retiring Sen. Joe Manchin Blasts the Democratic Party in Exit Interview
Some of the Best Things in Life Are (Humanly) Unplanned
Those We Lost in 2024 - A Governor, Senator, and Congresswoman
Tipsheet

Trump's Electoral Win Just Got Even Bigger

Townhall Media

On Wednesday afternoon, the presidential race out of Michigan was called in favor of President-Elect Donald Trump. By gaining Michigan, he earned the state's 15 electoral votes, thus expanding his electoral tally even further.

Advertisement

Michigan went back and forth as to whether Vice President Kamala Harris or Trump was leading there, and it was at one point considered one of Trump's trickier state to win. RealClearPolling ultimately had Harris leading by +0.5. Nate Silver's final forecast had Harris leading by +1.2 on Tuesday, with polling trends from the past week favoring Democrats. 

Trump managed to flip Michigan in 2016 to win the presidency, though he lost in 2020 to President Joe Biden. Other than 2016, Michigan hasn't voted for the Republican nominee since 1988. 

Harris had been desperately trying to cater to the Muslim and Arab populations in Michigan with ads on the Israel-Hamas War, in strong contrast to her ads catering to Jewish voters in Pennsylvania. Trump won both of those states, with Pennsylvania having the most electoral votes of any swing state, at 19 of them. Ultimately, Pennsylvania put Trump over the 270 threshold.

Trump also made a genuine effort to win Arab voters, including and especially in Michigan. Trump and his surrogates also highlighted the closeness between the Harris-Walz campaign and the Cheneys, especially former Rep. Liz Cheney, and how much of an anathema they were to the Arab and Muslim populations views on peace in the Middle East. 

Advertisement

Earlier on Wednesday afternoon, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) appeared on CNN to lament to Erin Burnett about how Green Party candidate Jill Stein won 18 percent of the vote in Dearborn, which has the highest Muslim population per capita in the country. The mayor of Dearborn, as well as Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, whose district includes Dearborn, both declined to endorse Harris.

Trump referenced that he was leading in Michigan and other key swing states when he made his speech earlier on Wednesday morning, to applause from the crowd. He also has won or leads in the other key states, so stay tuned for coverage from Townhall. 

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement