Michigan was once a strong union state that voted reliably Democratic in presidential races.
As of 2016, the state hadn’t voted for a Republican in a presidential election since George H. W. Bush back in 1988.
Then Donald Trump came to Michigan. Repeatedly.
The Republican candidate blanketed the Wolverine State with appearances during his surprise victory in 2016.
He won in Michigan by just 10,704 votes. Now, political analysts routinely cite Michigan as one of the key battleground states for the upcoming 2020 election.
So how did he do it? What is it about Michigan’s cultural and political makeup that tilted the 2016 presidential election in favor of Donald Trump?
We sought to find out in our new video series “How We Got Here." Learn more about the issue in the stories below:
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