In the contest for president, Michigan comes as far as it can. At 47.3 %, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are tied for second place.
Trump does have a shotgun in the sand, though. There are 200, 000 Muslim voters in Michigan. In 2020, Biden received more than 65 % of that voting.
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But 2024 is going to be a little different. A new poll by Arab News/YouGov, found Trump leading the Democratic nominee 45 % to 43 % with 4 % supporting Green Party candidate Jill Stein and 6 % undecided.
That’s a lot of voters that Harris wo n’t have.  ,
Additionally, Arab Americans have a significantly lower joy level than they did in 2020.
Four years ago, Muslim United and Arab citizens mobilized to support President Joe Biden in Michigan, one of seven crucial swing state that had the power to influence the outcome of the election.
Many of those same citizens are leaving the Democratic Party because they feel violated, forgotten, and unhappy about how the Obama administration handled the Middle East conflict and how the United States continues to support Israel.
Voter sentiment may have a significant influence on who will become the next U.S. president because this year’s race for Michigan is likely to be decided by a slim margin.
Biden’s handling of the Arab-American issue does go down in history as the most inept display of social will there has ever been. Yes, there was a battle. However, there are ways to resolve the issue and reduce the social harm to a minimum.
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Listen to these voters and tell me Biden could n’t have handled it more effectively.
” I cannot emphasize my]disgust ] with the current administration and their lack of leadership, their lack of empathy toward the Palestinian people, their lack of empathy toward the Lebanese people”, said Abdulhakem Alsadah, 62, chair of the Yemeni American Democratic Caucus, who declined to specify how he’ll be voting.  ,
No vote should ever get that unhappy at a applicant.
” I’m so enraged, it’s no more harm. It’s fury. Samraa Luqman, a political activist who was once” so far left” and wrote in Bernie Sanders ‘ name in 2020, said,” I want the Democrats to lose by any means necessary,” and that means casting a ballot for Trump.
Truly, the loss of support among Arabs in Michigan and several other jump state spelled Biden’s death.
Without Muslim vote, Biden would not have been able to win Michigan. For confident. He would have not won without the Muslim community being hardened, organized and largely voting for him”, said Dawud Walid, an executive producer of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
With less than two months until the election, surveys indicate that the U.S. presidential candidates are basically tied. There were about 206, 000 registered Arab citizens in Michigan in 2020, according to Emgage. More than 71 % of those voters cast votes.
Speaking from his office next Friday, Dearborn native and long-time Democrat Walid Fidama. Fidama stated that he believes Harris will win the White House in November because of her success in attracting sufficiently favorable voters to make up for the decline in support from Muslim Americans.  ,
He did, however, warn that the Democrats should be concerned that a sizable number of once-faithful citizens are leaving the party in countryside.
” I do n’t believe they are doing the right thing for us,” he said.
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Harris and the Democrats are n’t panicking. However, they are acting out of despair to persuade NeverTrump Republicans to support Harris.  ,
Note: Determined candidates often come out on top.