The Mitten State’s 15 electoral votes could decide the whole shebang in November.
This week, we have a special Michigan edition, featuring an exclusive interview with one of the nation’s top Senate candidates and new numbers on the field organizing disparity between the Trump and Biden campaigns., Michigan has one of the best chances of being the “tipping point” in the presidential race—a fancy way of saying its 15 electoral votes could decide the whole shebang—and the mood on the ground is almost pure stress for Democrats.
As existential a threat as climate change is to Slotkin, those in the room, and plenty of her constituents, being serious about winning statewide in Michigan doesn’t always comport with mainstream Democratic priorities. Slotkin’s own precinct is a prime example: She’s never been able to win it since she won her first race in 2018.
Slotkin said she is a strong supporter of “weaning us off of an exclusive focus on fossil fuels” and wants more wind, solar, hydrogen and nuclear power in her state—but “for the power needs we’re gonna have going forward, we’re going to need ‘all of the above.’” In Traverse City, Slotkin emphasized the need to bring more independents and Republican voters “into the conversation” on key issues. A big part of that effort lies in trying to avoid alienating them at all costs. She described her approach to the farther flung rural areas of the state as “losing better.”by some 10,000 votes in 2016 and for Biden by just shy of 155,000 in 2020 .
“Somehow the messaging does not match the reality,” Slotkin said, recalling her Republican colleagues “crying tears that we can’t keep more pipelines over and we can’t get more leases for natural gas—and it’s like, we are producing at the highest levels ever!” The congresswoman also said Stabenow—who’s said she won’t endorse a successor—has pointed to climate change as “the No. 1 issue she wants me to carry the torch on.”
Another potentially formidable player would have been former Rep. Peter Meijer , one of the eight Republicans who voted to impeach Trump second time around in 2021 and the beneficiary of boosted name ID because of the grocery store chain owned by his family. But heWith plenty of undecided voters up for grabs, Rogers has held a steady lead in the limited polling of the race, usually between 15 and 20 points, with Amash and Pensler trading places in second and third.
Biden’s re-election team is operating out of 32 of those field offices as part of the coordinated Democratic campaign, and they’ve tripled the number of Michigan-based staffers since February, according to a Biden campaign official. The campaign has also registered more than 1,000 volunteers and trained hundreds to lead organizing efforts such as phone banking and door knocking.
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