Biden Michigan primary romp should make GOP nervous
by Joseph Simonson
| March 12, 2020 05:25 PM
President Trump's strength in a state that helped him narrowly win the White House in 2016 is showing signs of erosion, based on Joe Biden's Democratic primary performance.
The former vice president on Tuesday won the Michigan Democratic primary 53-36% over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Biden came in far ahead in most demographics, including white men, a crucial voting group in the state, among others. That's a big difference from Sanders's Michigan primary win in 2016 over eventual nominee Hillary Clinton.
It's also an upward swing from Clinton's 2016 general election Michigan loss to Trump. Michigan, which Trump won narrowly along with Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, was enough to give him an Electoral College majority in the biggest political upset in decades.
"Two positive signs for Biden in Michigan on Tuesday were his strength with white blue-collar workers and his performance with African American voters. Biden won Macomb County in suburban Detroit, which is the ancestral homeland of Reagan Democrats," said Democratic strategist Brad Bannon. "Clinton lost there to Sanders in 2016. In November 2016, turnout among African American voters in Wayne County was a factor in her loss to Trump there. Tuesday, black primary turnout in Michigan was higher than it was in the 2016 primary."
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