With about 8.4 million registered voters and 15 Electoral College votes of the 270 needed to win, Michigan is one of seven competitive states that will decide the election.

For Kamala Harris, this is part of the “Blue Wall”, considered the Democrats’ best chance of victory, with Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Donald Trump is battling Ms. Harris for Michigan voters, which include a large Arab American and Muslim population, many of whom are concerned about Israel’s war in Gaza.

The state is also home to union workers worried about how electric vehicles could reshape the nation’s auto industry, which is headquartered in the state’s largest city, Detroit.

While Ms. Harris narrowly leads Trump nationally, 46% to 43% – according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll – in Michigan, Ms. Harris’s lead is even slimmer – 47.6% to 47 .1% – according to opinion poll aggregator FiveThirtyEight.

Democratic President Joe Biden won the state by 150,000 votes in the 2020 election against Mr. Trump, a margin of less than 3%, while Mr. Trump won by 11,000 votes in 2016.