Archer was a good mayor and everybody, white, Black and Purple knew it.
UAW members get the day off to vote. AFL-CIO is spending huge money and energy on GOTV. If only Detroit weren’t part of the state, it would indeed be a red state.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
And if you could cut Philadelphia off from the rest of Pennsylvania, then it would be a red state.
If you could cut off upstate New York from New York City, it would be a red state.
If you could remove L.A. and S.F. Bay area from California, what remained would be a red state.
Lots of states could be Republican leaning if the heavily Democrat cities were not part of those states.
I lived in MI for 10 years and was a member of the UAW. Not by choice by MI is not a “Right to Work” State. Union people now days think for themselves. They don’t vote the way the Union tells them to vote.