Why was Trump in Georgia and Harris in Michigan yesterday?published at 10:42 Greenwich Mean Time
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Both candidates were campaigning in key swing states yesterday, with Kamala Harris in Michigan and Donald Trump in Georgia.
As a reminder, seven states are likely to decide who becomes the next president. These are states which experts believe could plausibly be won by either Harris or Trump.
These are Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Georgia:
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President Joe Biden won the state of 11 million people, which had long been a Republican stronghold, for the Democrats by 13,000 votes in 2020.
A third of Georgia’s population is black, one of the country’s largest proportions by state.
It is believed that black voters were instrumental in Biden flipping the state in 2020, making him the first democrat to win it since Bill Clinton in 1992.
Michigan:
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Despite backing Biden in 2020, the Great Lakes state has become symbolic of a nationwide backlash over Biden’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
This is because Michigan has the country’s largest proportion of Arab-Americans – a demographic whose support for Biden was in jeopardy over his stance on the conflict.
Harris has taken a harder tone on Israel, and some Gaza protesters have told the BBC they hope she will be more sympathetic to their cause. But others are still predicting her support could suffer over being associated with Biden as his vice-president.
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