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D23MIURG23

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38. One of the ways Trump won in 2016 was by pulling an upset in Macomb County MI.

Wed Aug 14, 2024, 02:48 PM

Aug 2024

This put him on the path to winning Michigan. Who lives in Macomb? It's the home of Warren, and other majority white Detroit suburbs that are working class to middle class generally.

This is who I believe the OP meant by "white labor force".

Here are some census details if you are curious:
https://data.census.gov/profile/Macomb_County,_Michigan?g=050XX00US26099

Trump does well with these people, unfortunately. I'm hopeful, though, because Shawn Fain has done a very good job for his UAW workers, and he is vigorously making the case to auto workers that Trump is a "scab". That kind of advocacy is crucial to our chances in WI, MI, and PA especially.

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