Posted on 11/11/2016 7:33:29 AM PST by shove_it
Donald Trump was consistently behind in the polling in Michigan since his nomination in July.
Yet Tuesday, he narrowly edged out Hillary Clinton by a little more than 13,000 votes.
So what happened?
Just as Obama's message of change resonated among Michigan voters in 2008, so Trump's call for change appeared to carry the day in 2016.
"America is going in the wrong direction and if we don't make some changes, we'll cease to exist as the country we have known," said David Lambright, a Lansing resident who went to Grand Rapids for a Trump rally on the eve of the election. "I agree with his stances and the more we get to know him, the more we support him."
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Trump came very close to winning Minnesota, a REALLY deep blue state.
Same experience with the Somalis is likely why.
Indeed. Evidently widespread. My boy is in a railroad union (out West), and EVERYBODY in his group, all shifts, were solidly in Trump's camp, for the same reasons we all were.
So what happened?
Hamatrak?
The fraud watch was successful and prevented the usual from happening.
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