I'll be ready to vote for the D in MI, but I have so little faith in this state party right now, that I wouldn't be surprised if they screw this up.
Why? They win a majority of the votes in the state legislature all the time, and it wasn't long ago they had the governor seat. They still hold both Senator seats too.
Really the state Dem party in Michigan is quite effective, they just get screwed by both geography and gerrymandering.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I have the Republicans holding the Michigan Senate since 1984, and the Michigan House 16 of the past 22 years. That is pretty weak on the Democrats' part.
Look over the total votes, the Democrats do win a majority of the votes regularly. They're just compacted into urban areas and the districts are drawn to favor Republicans.
That mean nothing.Numbers like that can be skewed by candidates running without opposition or token opposition. Saying "they win at large" when "at large" is not a race is trivial and meaningless.
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