Why AP called Michigan about Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s lead in the “blue wall” state of Michigan became insurmountable after he extended his lead in Detroit County and won overwhelmingly in Republican-leaning parts of the state, blocking Vice President Kamala Harris’ path to victory .

As on another battlefield According to US states, Trump’s victory in Michigan, announced at 12:54 p.m. Wednesday, was marginal.

Harris still held the populous Democratic redoubt of Wayne County, but not at the level President Joe Biden had four years ago. Even if Harris had won nine of 10 ballots still being counted, she would not have been able to catch Trump by the time the race was called.

Trump won in deep red and more moderate GOP districts and remained about a percentage point away from Harris in politically divided parts of the state.

CANDIDATES: President: Harris (D) vs. Trump (R) vs. Chase Oliver (Libertarian) vs. Jill Stein (Green Party) vs. Randall Terry (US Taxpayers Party) vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Natural Law Party) against Joseph Kishore against Cornel West.

WINNER: Trump.

POLL CLOSURE: 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. ET. Michigan covers two time zones, so most of the state began posting results, while some voters in the Upper Peninsula cast their ballots by 9 p.m. ET.

ABOUT THE RACE:

Michigan played a critical role in determining the presidency in the previous two White House campaigns.

The state was one of three presidential battlegrounds, along with Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, that were narrowly decided Trump in 2016 after supporting Democrats for president for nearly 30 years. Four years later, Democrat Joe Biden won all three states back for the Democrats, with a lead in Michigan of about 154,000 votes out of more than 5.5 million votes cast.

The outcome of this year’s election was on a knife’s edge. Some working-class areas of the state with generational ties to Democrats gravitated to Trump. There is now a Democratic trend in the former GOP stronghold of Grand Rapids.

Trump and Harrisfought hard chasing Michigan’s 15 electoral votes since being nominated by their parties, focusing on populous Detroit and its suburbs and Kent County to the west, home to Grand Rapids and a key swing area of ​​the state.

WHY AP CALLED THE RACE: Trump’s lead in populous Wayne County, home to Detroit and Dearborn, has improved compared to his performance there four years ago, and Harris failed to close the gap with the remaining number of votes still counted.

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