There is no sugarcoating the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris needs to win Michigan like we need to breathe air, but former President Donald Trump is mounting an effort in the state that could end her election chances.
Several issues are compounding against Harris in Michigan, making her path to victory in the state rocky.
Trump’s campaign is targeting “low-propensity” voters as part of a massive ground game operation to win back Michigan. Typically, “low-propensity” voters don’t vote in every election and have to be sought out and persuaded to show up. The campaign is working on getting this massive voting bloc involved in the 2024 election.
Over a dozen state Republicans in Michigan told the Detroit News that they’ve identified 200,000-500,000 voters they will try to convince to vote for Trump. Pete Hoekstra, chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, told the outlet that the Trump campaign’s strategy uses a ground-game approach through repeated contacts, like door knocking and phone calls, from Michigan Republican volunteers. (ROOKE: If State GOP’s Plan Works, Harris’s Path To Victory Becomes Road To Hell)
“With the number of people that we have out through the party and out through these other organizations … we’ve got the best ground game that........