Got ya. Yeah, that has always been bs. The right is incredibly adept at reconfiguring itself based on cultural and demographic changes.
For the Jewish friend that might be more of a feature than a bug after Oct 7th. Fearful of rising anti-semitism and US abandoning Israel in the long run.
It could just be late stage anxiety. It could be my lack of faith in the American people. Electing Harris means overcoming racism AND misogyny.
I am sure Stephen Miller will give them plenty of opportunity when he rolls into town.
They need something to offset the loss of Michigan.
Yea
You might be right but looking at all of the polling, looks like in most polls Harris has a lead. Are you basing your thoughts solely on the articles on the Muslim voting block in MI?
I am probably over reacting and applying to much weight on past elections while not considering the Dobbs decision effect.
Not saying it’s not close and some anxiety isn’t warranted (I still have 2016 PTSD), but so many things have happened since then. Trump has his supporters locked in. They would vote for him if a video surfaced of him in gay porn. He has their vote. Honestly feel that Kamala and her campaign (campaign staff and surrogates) are reaching the people who aren’t Trump loyalists. At what percentage we don’t know but do feel it’s resonating. Don’t have to sway them all. It’s all about the margins. Her numbers look good. Just have trust in great turnout. I am trying to be positive in light of my anxiety
I mean I know someone in the campaign did the math and decided that reaching out to the Muslim vote would open them up to too many pro Israel voters defecting.Not saying it’s not close and some anxiety isn’t warranted (I still have 2016 PTSD), but so many things have happened since then. Trump has his supporters locked in. They would vote for him if a video surfaced of him in gay porn. He has their vote. Honestly feel that Kamala and her campaign (campaign staff and surrogates) are reaching the people who aren’t Trump loyalists. At what percentage we don’t know but do feel it’s resonating. Don’t have to sway them all. It’s all about the margins. Her numbers look good. Just have trust in great turnout. I am trying to be positive in light of my anxiety
The struggle for Dems is that they truly are a big tent which is a good thing. But also leads to situations where two groups in the tent are at odds with each other. It’s walking a tight rope to show that you want to help both. The Dems are sincere about it which makes it hard going against someone who will throw whatever
at the wall they can to make it stick to win an election. Knowing full well they have no intention of helping and fully intend to marginalize them.
Even factoring in a loss of votes for Harris from Michigan’s Arab-American or Palestinian-American or Muslim population, it’s not like that entire population is voter-eligible. Many are under the age of 18. Some others are not U.S. citizens. And then there are many others who just don’t vote (haven’t in the past, likely won’t this election). And it’s not like the entire population is going to refuse to vote for Harris. She will still probably get a lot of votes from within that population. And Biden’s 2020 Michigan victory wasn’t based mainly on votes from that population.
I've read that there are 200K Muslim voters in MI. Not all of them Arab, and not all of the Arabs Muslim.
And Biden won Michigan by about 150k votes last time around. Even if 50k+ voters in this bloc changed their votes, there would have to be several other things break in Trump’s favor to carry the state.
