Trump will rally in Macomb County on Friday to appeal to blue-collar and union workers who have turned to the Republican Party since the billionaire reality TV star burst onto the political scene in 2015.

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Harris will seek to mobilize college voters Sunday in East Lansing, home of Michigan State University. And his running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), will campaign Friday in Flint, the legendary city that launched General Motors.

Trump’s campaign is giving assurances that he is in a much better place than four years ago, when President Joe Biden flipped the blue-wall states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. The Trump campaign released a memo Thursday titled “President Trump is on the verge.”

The campaign aims to win over the few remaining undecided voters and mobilize its base, because “the majority of President Trump’s voters will vote on Election Day,” the campaign memo states.

In the meantime, Harris’ campaign is seeking to shore up support among black voters, particularly men.

“What you see with the Harris-Walz campaign is a consistent presence in the state of Michigan, across different communities,” Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II, a Democrat, said Thursday afternoon. during an outing. voting event targeting black men in Flint. “In the city of Flint, Governor Walz will be here to make three stops tomorrow. I was with the vice president in Ann Arbor a few days ago. I was with her in Kalamazoo a few days before, so both campaigns are paying attention to Michigan, and that’s a good thing.

But the Republicans are not ceding the state. The former president will hold a rally in Warren, Michigan, late Friday afternoon, while his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), will travel to Portage, Michigan, earlier in the day. Trump plans to end the campaign cycle with a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he previously closed out his 2016 and 2020 campaigns.

Gilchrist rejected Trump’s ruling when the Washington Examiner.

“That suggests he’s superstitious,” he said.

Michigan is a blue wall centerpiece, but the race is close

Among the three Blue Wall states, Harris performs best in Michigan, according to polls. by RealClearPolitics poll average battlefields.

The vice president has less than a point lead over Trump, 48% to 47.6%, while in Wisconsin her lead is narrower, 48.3% to 48.1%, and in Pennsylvania, Trump beats Harris 48.2% to 47.6%.

Another survey from Washington Post shows Trump leading Harris 47% to 45% among registered voters and Harris leading Trump 47% to 46% among likely voters. But the poll results are within the margin of error.

Recent CNN Polls led by SSRS showed Harris leading Trump 48% to 43% among likely voters.

With the race so close, Trump will you have to convince Grand Traverse, Saginaw and Muskegon counties for its best bath to turn Michigan red.

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Harris and Trump are vying for several influential constituencies

Harris’ biggest handicap in Michigan as she seeks to recreate the grand coalition is the large Arab and Muslim American population whose fury over the Biden administration’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas could throw the race for Trump. Earlier this year, organizers urged more than 101,000 voters across the state to cast ballots without commitment in the Democratic primary.

Trump capitalized on the dismay on the Democratic side by touting the support of Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi and Hamtramck Mayor. Amer Ghalib as well as support from Arab and Muslim American leaders at his rally in Novi, Michigan, on Saturday.

But Harris fought back with the support of Wayne County Deputy Executive Assad I. Turfe, the top Arab-American official and three Hamtramcks Muslim councilors defied their mayor’s support of Trump to support Harris.

Michigan’s powerful unions are another key group that could decide which candidate wins the state. The influential United Auto Workers supported Harris’ bid for president over the summer, but the vice president still has to work to win the votes of UAW members in Michigan.

In addition to campaigning with UAW President Shawn Fain, Harris and Walz capitalized on Trump’s threats against the CHIPS and Science Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the loss of thousands of manufacturing jobs under Trump , in an effort to win the Labor vote in Michigan. .

Trump’s overtures to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union by granting President Sean O’Brien speaking time at the Republican National Convention led to a victory when the union did not support either candidate this cycle after supported Biden in 2020. The International Association of Firefighters also did not endorse this cycle.

The former president made inroads with black male voters in hopes of undermining the Democratic coalition, forcing the Harris campaign to step up its outreach over the past month. Yet the black men who spoke with the Washington Examiner At the GOTV event in Flint, concerns that Trump could win a record number of votes this cycle were dismissed.

“Every black man I know is voting for her,” George Louis, a 32-year-old sound production company employee, said at the Flint event. “Because we support our own, we want to see black women rise too.”

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Joshua Cook, a 25-year-old Flint entrepreneur, urged the two dozen Black men gathered Thursday to do their research on both candidates, emphasizing that they don’t just follow opinions on social media such as TikTok .

“I believe we’re going to show up and show ourselves,” Cook told the Washington Examiner on black men’s voting efforts for Harris. “As I said, I work closely with the campaign. I feel like I’m communicating with the people I need to communicate with.