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The Mideast War Threatens Harris in Michigan as Arab Voters Reject Her
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| Contributor | BrentinCO |
| Last Edited | BrentinCO Oct 08, 2024 02:38pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Oct 07, 2024 02:00pm |
| Description | One year after the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust, the relentless and escalating violence in the Middle East is threatening the Democratic coalition in the United States. Arab American voters show signs of abandoning the Democratic ticket, while some Jews worry about their future in a party their families embraced for generations.
Nowhere are those tensions more politically important than in Michigan, a crucial battleground state with a significant population of Arab American and Muslim voters.
Four years ago, President Biden won Michigan with strong backing from many of those Americans. But interviews this weekend with voters, activists and community leaders in the Detroit area suggested that support for the Democratic ticket has not merely eroded among Arab Americans and Muslims.
In some neighborhoods, it has all but vanished. |
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