A former Republican chief in Michigan mentioned Donald Trump’s victory in Tuesday night time’s major is probably not as resounding because it first seems.
“Trump continues to lose three or four out of ten GOP voters,” Jeff Timmer, former government director of the state Republican Party, wrote on X. “That’s the story. He’s far far weaker in November (far more) than conventional punditry and polls indicate.”
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Trump handily defeated former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in Michigan as he took 68% of the vote. But Haley gained 26.5% ― and Timmer advised MeidasTouch that lots of these voters “are never ever ever coming back to Donald Trump.”
“Chlamydia is more popular than Donald Trump among college-educated white voters, especially white women,” he advised the progressive outlet. “The fact that Donald Trump will never get their votes, that’s the big story out of Michigan tonight.”
Timmer, an anti-Trump Republican activist, additionally shared a tweet by Republicans Against Trump that lays out among the numbers:
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Trump gained Michigan in 2016 by one of many tightest margins ever, defeating Hillary Clinton by lower than 1 / 4 of a p.c of the vote.
Joe Biden gained in 2020 by lower than 3 proportion factors.
The state is predicted to be a extremely aggressive battleground state once more this yr, with Trump at the moment holding a slight edge in polls.