Hanson: A 2020 Democratic win in Michigan likely hinges on turnout in key areas | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Hanson: A 2020 Democratic win in Michigan likely hinges on turnout in key areas

October 28, 2020 Vogue

Hanson explains that Trump beat Clinton by a net margin of 7,000 votes in Grand Traverse County in 2016—but two years later, in that same county, the Republican candidate for governor, Bill Schuette, tallied only about 1,000 more votes than Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, the eventual winner.

“If Democrats can come close to that kind of performance in Grand Traverse,” Hanson said, “Biden is likely to have a strong win statewide.

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