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Originally Posted by Crawford
For example, in MI, the D's ran a really strong, moderate slate, and the R's ran an extremely wacky, uber-Trumpy slate. Not surprisingly, MI went more blue, and affluent, educated MI counties went really hard blue. But not sure this means MI is trending more blue.
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Michigan course corrected from 2016 a bit, but Biden's win margin was pretty small for a Dem presidential candidate in Michigan compared to the past 30+ years. And although the Dems took control of the MI Senate for the first time since the 1970s, I think that is due to redistricting. The MI GOP had been losing the popular vote for a number of election cycles while retaining control of the MI Senate. The popular vote margin in 2022 was almost exactly the same as it was in 2018, but Republicans had a 6 seat majority in 2018 versus a 2 seat minority in 2022.