Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), warns that Vice President Kamala Harris may be “behind the scenes” in Michigan's race against former President Donald Trump. did.
Mr. Slotkin, who spoke to donors at a fundraiser last Wednesday attended by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), said that in places like Michigan, a battleground state supported by President Trump, Kamala He said he's not feeling the best right now about the situation we're in along the Harris River. He won in 2016 but lost to Joe Biden in 2020.
“Our vote puts her in the water,” Slotkin said in the video clip. obtained Written by Axios.
Slotkin did not reveal the exact number of votes cast and did not comment when contacted by Axios.
The latest Michigan polls show a close race between the two candidates, with either Harris maintaining a narrow lead or Trump effectively tied. The Five Thirty Eight average The poll showed Harris winning by just 2 points. state meanwhile new york times/The Siena College poll had her one point ahead. Both polls are within the margin of error, so the race can best be described as a de facto tie.
In the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton was leading Donald Trump by just 3 points at this time in September. As Breitbart News reported eight years ago:
Polls show Donald Trump is within striking distance of Hillary Clinton in deep blue Michigan. detroit free press and WXYZ-TV.
In a poll of 600 Michigan voters conducted from September 10 to September 13, Trump received 35% of the vote, while Clinton received just 38%. It was. Libertarian Gary Johnson followed with 10%, followed by Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein with 4% of the vote.
In a binary choice between Trump and Clinton, Clinton leads Trump with 42% to Trump's 38%.
At the time, Trump had improved dramatically after losing by eight points in June of that year. However, during the same period in 2020, another poll showed Trump beating Joe Biden by 0.7 points in Michigan, and then the former president trailed Biden by just under 3 points (50.62% to 47.84%) in the state. I was defeated.
Unless either Mr. Trump or Kamala Harris takes a dramatic lead in Michigan's race, Michigan is likely to remain in the top tier well into Election Day.
As for Elissa Slotkin, who is running for the U.S. Senate, a recent Atlas Intel poll shows her trailing Republican opponent Mike Rogers by 5.7 points.
