There was a ballot mule "loop" from GR to Holland to northern Allegan County, and back to GR.
Muskegon County was outside the "loop", so its numbers were normal - Trump almost beating Basement Biden in a BLUE county.
There was no skulduggery; no steal. Trump’s demographics look different because his appeal is different. If the tradeoff results in a winning electoral coalition then great.
There are a lot of normally GOP voters in the GR metro area who can’t stand Trump. I may be a metro Detroiter but personal circumstances had our family spending time in Kent/Ottawa over the last decade plus. When you absorb the gestalt of the place it’s not hard to understand why many of them don’t like Trump.
Fighting Meijer is a complete waste of time & money. And Trumpist GOP leadership in the state is hurting in other races as well. Especially the AG race where Trumpists picked a sure loser over a viable candidate well liked by actual GOP officeholders - you know, the folks who actually *win* elections?