President-elect Donald Trump won Michigan in the 2024 election, an important prize in his decisive victory.

The state has earned its title as a swing state. After narrowly defeating Hillary Clinton in Michigan in 2016, Trump lost the state to President Joe Biden in 2020, and now Trump has narrowly won it again.

Michigan has the largest population of Arabs, Muslims and Palestinians in the United States, currently numbering more than 200,000.

Back during the primary in February, a group called Listen to Michigan organized the uncommitted campaign in the state, promoting it as a way to express dissatisfaction with the Biden administration’s support of Israel’s actions in its conflict with Hamas in Gaza.

More than 100,000 Michigan voters picked “uncommitted” instead of Biden during the Democratic primary.

I am a Michigan-based political scientist who studies campaigns, elections and polling. I was interested to see how that protest vote during the primary would carry over into the general election.

But let me first explain........

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