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The Democratic protest vote movement over the Israel-Hamas war spreads from Michigan to other states
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI - Associated Press
Sun,03/10/24-11:03PM , 41 Reads
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The protest-vote movement over President Joe Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war has spread to several states and raised more questions about whether a small but significant number of Democrats angry at Biden might abandon him in November.
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A voter walks to a Michigan primary election location in Dearborn, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Michigan is the last major primary state before Super Tuesday and a critical swing state in November's general election. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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Michigan takeaways: Presidential primaries show warning signs for Trump and Biden
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI - Associated Press
Tue,02/27/24-8:31PM , 68 Reads
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump easily won their party’s primaries in Michigan, but Tuesday’s results showed that both candidates have cause for concern in their bid to win the swing state in November.
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A cloud of apathy has settled over the electorate in Michigan, a state both Democrats and Republicans say they must have to win the White House in 2024 (Feb. 26)(AP video: Mike Householder)

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Primary apathy in Michigan: Democrats, GOP struggle as supporters mull whether to even vote
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI - Associated Press
Mon,02/26/24-11:46AM , 109 Reads
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Rev. Steve Bland Jr. remembers the massive get-out-the-vote effort he helped mobilize four years ago, when pastors and community leaders spread out across Detroit neighborhoods, made phone calls and worked around the clock to encourage people to vote.

He's not seeing that kind of enthusiasm this time around.
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State Rep. Alabas Farhat, right, D-Dearborn, speaks with House Speaker Joe Tate on the Michigan House floor, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Lansing, Mich. Farhat would later introduce a resolution to condemn an op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal that called Dearborn “America’s jihad capital". (AP Photo/Joey Cappelletti)

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Opinion piece about Detroit suburb is 'racist and Islamophobic,' Democrats say
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI - Associated Press
Tue,02/06/24-4:53PM , 32 Reads
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An op-ed piece that dubbed a Detroit suburb “America’s jihad capital" is being condemned by two Democratic state lawmakers, who described it as “racist and Islamophobic" in a resolution presented Tuesday.
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