POLL: Trump Makes Significant Gains in Michigan
Jose Nino
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According to a recently published Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll, former President Donald Trump is now leading incumbent President Joe Biden in Michigan.
Per this poll that was carried out from November 27 to December 5, 2023, Trump is leading Biden 46% to 42% in Michigan.
Trump currently leads in the monthly tracking poll of all seven battleground states that will decide the 2024 presidential election.
Biden has also been losing support among suburban women in Michigan and voters ages 18 to 34.
Michigan is key for Biden’s re-election hopes. Back in 2020, Biden won largely by picking up swing states like Michigan, which in this case he won by a 154,188 vote margin against Trump.
Michigan was also crucial for Trump in 2016, when he won it by just 10,704 votes.
Inflation is apparently the key factor hurting Biden with women. According to Sarah Miller, associate professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, women generally do more of the grocery shopping than their male counterparts and have witnessed first-hand the price of basic necessities climb upward.
“We’ve seen generally that women are less satisfied with the economy today and the price of everyday goods and services,” declared Caroline Bye, a pollster and vice president at Morning Consult. “Women seem to be feeling that the economy is hitting them harder right now.”
On top of that, the poll demonstrated how Biden is failing to gather more support with union households in Michigan, a crucial segment of Michigan’s voter base.
“Auto workers are more in tune with Donald Trump’s policies in terms of energy and the economy,” declared Brian Pannebecker, founder of the Facebook page “Auto Workers for Trump.”
He added, “And that’s what they’re going to vote on: Donald Trump’s policies. They’ve had a chance now to see Joe Biden in action, and I don’t think they like what they see.”
After expressing his solidarity with United Auto Workers’ unions during their strike, Biden was expected to make large gains with unions. However, it appears that there has been no notable increase in union support for Biden. Trump appears to be making gains with union and non-union workers alike by appealing to hostile sentiments with UAW leadership, immigration patriotism, and free trade deals that have outsourced auto sector jobs.
Overall, Trump appears ready to make a major splash in the 2024 presidential election cycle. As long as he maintains a strong patriotic immigration reform platform in addition to eschewing the neocon foreign policy of yore, Trump should cruise to victory without issue.
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